Legion of Super-Heroes #118

The Legion of Super-Heroes charge headlong into a firestorm on this August 1999 cover by penciler Alan Davis and inker Mark Farmer, with a squad of Legionnaires — trailing flames and blazing energy — hurtling together toward a massive, looming dark hand that fills the upper corner like an oncoming threat. The diagonal composition crackles with urgency, the tagline "Charging Into Battle!" perfectly capturing the sheer kinetic momentum of the assembled heroes streaking through a sky lit by meteor-like bursts of fire. Inside, writer Tom Peyer, co-writer/colorist Tom McCraw, artist Scott Kolins, and inker Ray Kryssing bring the story "Shadow of the Sun" to life — a title that hints at something ominous eclipsing the team's world.