Star Wars #31

Marvel's Star Wars series heads back to the desert planet in issue #31, "Return to Tatooine!" — and the cover by Carmine Infantino and Bob Wiacek sets the tension perfectly. Luke Skywalker crouches in the foreground alongside R2-D2 and C-3PO, blaster in hand, while atop a massive creature above him an armored rider and an Imperial stormtrooper loom against a blazing sun. The cover copy says it all: "Luke Defies the Empire on His Homeworld!" — promising high stakes on familiar sands from writer Archie Goodwin and artist Carmine Infantino.