The Transformers #13

The Menace of Megatron" screams from the cover of this 1986 Marvel entry in the long-running series, and the image delivers on that promise in striking fashion — a massive purple-gloved hand clutches the Decepticon leader in his iconic gun mode, aimed directly at the reader while chaos erupts below: human bystanders scramble and fall amid a burning urban battlefield, with a military tank caught in the destruction. Herb Trimpe's cover art frames the scene with real urgency, making Megatron's transformed state feel genuinely threatening as ordinary people are caught helplessly in the crossfire. With Bob Budiansky writing and Don Perlin on interior art, The Transformers #13 — "Shooting Star!" — is a sharp snapshot of the series firing on all cylinders.