L.E.G.I.O.N. '89 #2

The cover of this early DC series entry — penciled by Kevin Maguire and inked by Al Gordon — makes an immediate impression: a screaming figure in the foreground is engulfed by a swarm of mechanical spider-like drones, their spindly limbs filling the frame with a sense of overwhelming chaos. Behind him, three teammates — a bald figure in grey, a statuesque woman in white, and a hulking rocky-skinned alien — push forward through what appears to be a web-like energy field. With writers Alan Grant and Keith Giffen steering the story and Barry Kitson providing interior art, L.E.G.I.O.N. '89 #2 already signals that this series has both the visual ambition and creative firepower to stand out in DC's 1989 lineup.