The Transformers #53

This 1989 Marvel issue sports a striking Jim Lee cover featuring a smirking, gold-armored warrior woman brandishing a sword — and casually hoisting a Transformer's severed head aloft with her other hand — the word balloon "NEXT!" leaving little doubt about her confidence. The sheer audacity of the image, a human-scaled figure coolly dominating a massive Cybertronian, gives the cover an irresistible energy that feels unlike anything else on the newsstand that June. Inside, Bob Budiansky scripts "Recipe for Disaster!" with interior art by José Delbo, promising plenty of mechanical mayhem to match the cover's bold promise.