Editing Rust in Peace (section)

==Artwork==
The album artwork was created by artist [[Ed Repka]],<ref name=RIP1990/> who previously had done the cover for ''[[Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?]]'' in 1986.<ref name=PSBWB>{{cite book|title=Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? ''liner notes (2004 re-release)''|year=2004|publisher=Capitol Records|page=4}}</ref> It references "Hangar 18", and depicts band mascot [[Vic Rattlehead]] and world leaders of the era viewing an alien body. In addition to creating the album's cover, Repka also supplied artwork for the album's two singles.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Downey|first1=Ryan|title=The History of Vic Rattlehead|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/megadeth-rattlehead-20111019|website=[[Roadrunner Records]]|date=October 18, 2011|access-date=August 23, 2014}}</ref> The object Rattlehead is holding was confirmed by Mustaine to be a material resembling [[Kryptonite]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=The Scorpion |title=SCORPION Q+A |url=https://megadeth.com/scorpion-qa/2013/439583/ |website=Megadeth.com |access-date=15 December 2022 |date=14 October 2013}}</ref>

The men featured on the cover are, from left to right: an unidentified British representative, Japanese Prime Minister [[Toshiki Kaifu]], German President [[Richard von Weizsäcker]], Soviet President [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], and United States President [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scorpion |first1=The |title=Megadeth Scorpion Q+A |url=https://megadeth.com/scorpion-qa/2007/439811/ |website=Megadeth.com |date=14 March 2017 |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref>{{dubious|John Major?|date=February 2023}}