Star Wars #38

This August 1980 Marvel issue drops Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia into a genuinely unsettling predicament — the cover tagline promises they're "trapped in a living starship," and the art by Michael Golden makes that threat visceral, with the two heroes ensnared in writhing, organic green tendrils while a menacing golden droid looms overhead. Luke fights back with lightsaber raised and blaster at the ready, while Leia struggles in the creature's grip below, the whole scene rendered with Golden's distinctively fluid, energetic linework. "Riders in the Void!" is a strong entry in Marvel's Star Wars run, with Golden handling both pencils and colors to deliver a cover that feels genuinely alien and urgent.