Star Wars #48

Princess Leia, blaster raised and firing, faces off directly against a looming Darth Vader in this 1981 Marvel issue subtitled "Leia vs. Vader!" — and the cover by Carmine Infantino and Bob Wiacek makes that confrontation feel genuinely dangerous, with blaster bolts crackling between them and a fallen figure sprawled at Leia's feet. C-3PO and R2-D2 watch from the corner inset, while the purple and pink alien landscape adds a vivid, otherworldly tension to the standoff. With Larry Hama writing and Carmine Infantino on interior art, "The Third Law" promises a charged, high-stakes chapter in Marvel's Star Wars run.