Star Wars #8

The second chapter of the "Outlander" arc arrives in this 1999 Dark Horse entry, with a cover by Ken Kelly that crackles with desert-world tension. Two armed figures face off across a battered speeder — a robed, wide-brimmed-hat-wearing warrior deflecting blaster fire with a lightsaber while a caped, horned combatant levels a blaster pistol at close range, all set against a churning ochre sky. It's a striking standoff image that sets a gritty, frontier tone for Tim Truman's six-part story of exile and conflict.