The Transformers #71

A striking image of a battered Optimus Prime on his knees in the pouring rain — red and blue armor streaked with wear, head bowed, one hand pressed to the muddy ground — sets a genuinely somber tone for this 1990 Marvel issue. The title "Surrender!" says it all, and Andrew Wildman's cover art (both pencils and inks) frames the Autobot leader's apparent moment of defeat with quiet, unsettling power. With Simon Furman scripting, this late-run chapter of Marvel's Transformers series carries real dramatic weight.