Legion of Super-Heroes #12

This July 1985 issue of Legion of Super-Heroes arrives with a cover that practically bursts off the page — Superman surges forward through deep space in his classic blue-and-red costume, cape streaming, while dozens of Legionnaires fan out across the cosmos around him, including a winged hero, a blazing energy-powered figure, and white-suited space travelers engaged in what looks like an all-out battle. Steve Lightle and Larry Mahlstedt pack the image with remarkable detail, from the star-field backdrop to the full two-row grid of Legion member symbols along the bottom, making the sheer scope of the team feel genuinely thrilling. With Paul Levitz at the helm for "The More Things Change," this is the kind of issue that reminds you why the Legion's sprawling, future-set adventures had such devoted fans in the mid-1980s.