Starman #8

This March 1989 issue of DC's Starman announces the arrival of Lady Quark in bold fashion, with a cover by Tom Lyle that fills the entire frame with an intimate, charged moment — a white-haired man leaning in for a kiss with a red-haired woman in a yellow costume, their faces close enough that the tension is unmistakable. The warm, radiating background and tight composition give the image real emotional weight, making it one of the more unexpectedly tender superhero covers of its era. With Roger Stern scripting and Lyle on both pencils and inks, "The Queen and the Commoners" promises a story with as much heart as heroics.