Legion of Super-Heroes #34

Chapter 3 of "The Universo Project" arrives in this May 1987 installment, with Steve Lightle's cover plunging readers into a tense confrontation: a white-clad blonde heroine recoils to one side while a formidable bald figure in purple and green squares off against a massive, writhing yellow alien creature whose limbs flail dramatically against a turbulent dark sky. Paul Levitz scripts "Forgotten Foe" with Greg LaRocque on interior art and Mike DeCarlo among the inkers, keeping this fan-favorite multi-part storyline moving at a sharp clip. The cover's kinetic energy — that creature dominating the foreground while two very different figures react on either side — sets up what promises to be one of the more striking chapters in this ambitious arc.