Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron #14

Part two of "The Warrior Princess" arc plunges Rogue Squadron into fierce ground combat, as this Mark Harrison cover vividly captures: a blaster-wielding human soldier charges forward through an explosion-lit jungle battlefield, flanked by two large-headed alien figures, while green laser fire cuts through a mass of combatants below. The contrast between the chaotic firefight and the determined stride of the central figure gives the cover a real sense of urgency that Stackpole and Tolson's story is clearly building toward. Dark Horse's 1996 Star Wars line was delivering some genuinely gripping action, and this installment looks every bit the part.