Star Wars #73

Princess Leia and a purple-skinned alien woman sprint urgently across the cover of this July 1983 Marvel issue, weapons drawn and expressions alarmed, while Lando Calrissian struggles in the foreground and a figure pilots a primitive biplane through a rocky canyon behind them — all of it teasing "The Terrible Secret of the Planet Lahsbane." The cover tagline "Double Jeopardy!" perfectly captures the sense of overlapping crises, with C-3PO and R2-D2 tucked into the corner inset as reassuring familiar faces. Ron Frenz and Tom Palmer deliver a kinetic, globe-trotting adventure feel that makes this 1983 issue a genuinely fun corner of the Marvel Star Wars run.