Starblast #3

The cover of this March 1994 Marvel series entry pulls no punches — Grant Miehm's art puts Quasar, in his distinctive red costume and gold wristbands, squarely in the grip of the skull-faced, armored villain Skeletrauma, whose imposing dark form looms large against a stark cosmic background. The blurb "Skeletrauma for Quasar!" tells you exactly what kind of trouble is brewing in part three of this crossover event. With Mark Gruenwald steering the story titled "A Whole New Universe," this issue promises the kind of big-stakes cosmic confrontation that made Marvel's space-faring adventures such a thrill in the early '90s.