Star Trek #54

A menacing alien visage dominates this 1978 Gold Key cover, split between sickly green and vivid pink tones, while a fearsome raptor-like bird looms large beside him — and a small inset panel shows Kirk and Spock looking on with concern. Below, a prone figure in a Starfleet uniform (Scotty, per the cover's own tagline) lies at the creature's mercy, with grotesque fanged beasts lurking nearby. The cover's bold promise — "His killer birds — make deadly sport with Scotty!" — sets up a tense, alien-world adventure in George Kashdan and Alden McWilliams's run on the series.