Star Wars #34

The cover of this 1980 Marvel issue tells the story instantly: a hero in a flight suit, lightsaber raised, is stranded on a rocky asteroid while the Rebel fleet — including the Millennium Falcon — races into a battle already lighting up the sky with explosions above. The cover text shouts the urgent dilemma: Han is leading the fleet into a trap, and our hero is powerless to warn him. Penciled by Carmine Infantino and inked by Bob Wiacek, "Thunder in the Stars!" promises the kind of high-stakes space drama that made Marvel's Star Wars run such a compelling companion to the galaxy far, far away.