Nova #16

Nova fights for his life against impossible odds on this action-packed December 1977 cover, where the yellow-and-blue-suited Human Rocket blasts through a swarm of green-uniformed minions above a city rooftop while a burning aircraft tumbles overhead. Looming at the edges of the cover, the Yellow Claw himself taunts Nova with a chilling double threat, his energy beams already lashing out at our hero. Penciled by John Buscema and Keith Pollard with inks by Frank Giacoia, the cover delivers exactly the kind of sky-high stakes that made Marv Wolfman's run on this series such a compelling ride.