Star Trek #42

From Gold Key's Star Trek run, issue #42 teases "The Hourglass Spins — Backwards!" with a cover by George Wilson that's genuinely unsettling: a massive, anguished face dominates the composition while two crew members — one in a blue sciences uniform — struggle against a swirling burst of cosmic energy. Spock and Kirk look on from the photo inset at the top, grounding the painted surrealism in the familiar faces of the Enterprise. Writer Arnold Drake and artist Al McWilliams bring their talents to "World against Time," a story that this 1977 cover promises will be anything but a routine voyage.