Legion of Super-Heroes #38

Against a blazing amber sunset, silhouetted Legionnaires stand together in solemn tribute while a caped, winged figure rises triumphantly above them atop a flag — a striking image that gives real weight to the story's title, "The Greatest Hero of Them All." Bill Sienkiewicz's painted cover work gives the September 1987 issue an almost elegiac, cinematic quality that sets it apart from typical superhero fare. With Paul Levitz writing and Greg LaRocque and Mike DeCarlo handling interior art, this is Legion storytelling reaching for something genuinely moving.