Legion of Super-Heroes #53

A fierce red-haired Legionnaire bursts through a cascade of shattered technology and debris, fist raised and expression set with unmistakable determination, while a dark-haired companion looms grimly to her left and a menacing alien creature with glowing eyes lurks in the wreckage to her right. Steve Lightle's cover work here is striking — the fragmented, collapsing environment gives the whole image a sense of violent momentum, as if the very infrastructure of the future is coming apart around them. Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen, and Mike DeCarlo bring their "Hunters and Hunted" story to this December 1988 issue, and the cover promises exactly the kind of high-stakes, high-energy Legion adventure that defines this era of the series.