Star Wars #2

Marvel's 1977 adaptation of "the greatest space-fantasy film of all" charges into its second issue with a cover that puts Luke Skywalker and Ben Kenobi right in the thick of a cantina brawl, surrounded by a wild crowd of alien creatures as Ben raises a lightsaber and Luke fires his blaster. Rick Hoberg's pencils and Tom Palmer's inks pack the scene with terrific energy, and the cover's dialogue — "Swing that lightsabre, Ben — or we're finished!" — perfectly captures the desperate, outnumbered stakes. With Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin bringing George Lucas's story to the page in "Six Against the Galaxy," this is Marvel's galaxy-spanning adventure firing on all cylinders.