The Transformers #37

The cover of this 1988 Marvel issue says it all with its twin teasers — "Mayhem at the Mall!" and "Suburban Shootout!" — as a young blond teenager sprints in panic while two massive red Predacon beast-formers bear down on him from either side, a black-and-yellow aerial Transformer swooping in from above. Racing cars in purple, blue, and green skid across the foreground, adding to the suburban chaos unfolding before a crowd of horrified bystanders. José Delbo, Ian Akin, and Brian Garvey deliver a cover that captures the breathless, anything-can-happen energy of Bob Budiansky's run on the series.