Star Wars #74

Luke Skywalker stands armed and tense amid a crashing wave of chaos, with Princess Leia submerged at his feet and a crowd of desperate alien figures — the aquatic Iskalons — surging through the churning waters around them, all while the looming spectral visage of Darth Vader dominates the background like an omen. A small inset panel of C-3PO and R2-D2 in the corner hints at the full cast caught up in this watery crisis. Tom Palmer's cover art for "The Iskalon Effect" makes this 1983 Marvel issue feel genuinely urgent, promising a story from Jo Duffy and Ron Frenz that takes the Star Wars galaxy somewhere unexpectedly aquatic and dangerous.