Marvel Spotlight #7

Marvel Spotlight #7 puts the cosmic adventurer Star-Lord front and center in this 1980 spotlight issue, with a striking cover by Frank Miller and Bob Wiacek. The cover sweeps across an alien world of jagged crimson spires and purple skies, where Star-Lord — gun in hand — flies through a swarm of enormous butterfly-like creatures while clutching a companion in apparent peril, a ribbon of energy crackling around them. Doug Moench and Tom Sutton bring the story to life inside, and the cover's tagline — "Beyond the stars you'll find a world called Heaven — a world of no return!" — sets a beautifully ominous tone for "Tears for the World Called Heaven.