Legendary Star-Lord #7

Against a dreamy, nebula-washed backdrop of pink and violet, this cover by Paco Medina places Star-Lord and a red-haired young woman — wearing headphones and an orange-and-black jacket — in an intimate face-to-face moment that feels equal parts cosmic and personal. The two figures fill the frame with quiet intensity, her hand resting near his collar as he gazes up at her, his red jacket and blue eyes doing a lot of the storytelling on their own. Sam Humphries and Freddie Williams II's 2015 series continues to find the galaxy's most charming scoundrel in situations where the stakes are just as likely to be matters of the heart as matters of the universe.