Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith #4

Hugh Fleming's painted cover for issue four of this six-part Dark Lords of the Sith arc is genuinely arresting — a massive, tentacle-faced creature looms from the shadows in sickly green light while a dark-clad figure and a horned companion stand their ground below, lightsaber raised against it. The scale and menace are palpable, perfectly fitting a chapter subtitled "Death of a Dark Jedi." With Veitch and Anderson scripting and Gossett and Ensign on interior art, this 1995 Dark Horse series remains one of the most ambitious dives into the ancient history of the Force.