Star Wars #42

Marvel's Star Wars #42 (2024) carries a genuinely arresting cover by Stephen Segovia: a hooded, grey-skinned figure dominates the frame, holding up a glowing red crystal in which a young blond man — clearly alarmed — is somehow trapped or reflected. The story title "The Sith and the Skywalker" says plenty on its own, and the tension between that cold, imposing presence and the desperate figure caught within the crystal makes this one hard to set down without opening it. Charles Soule scripts, with art by Steven Cummings and colors by Rachelle Rosenberg bringing the drama to life inside.