Legion of Super-Heroes #6

A massive, robed figure dominates this April 1990 cover, one enormous hand clutching several struggling Legionnaires — including a white-haired woman, a yellow-helmeted figure, and a partially transformed beast-man — against a tiled wall, blood visible on their wounds. The sense of raw physical menace Keith Giffen and Al Gordon convey here is striking, making clear that this corner of the 30th century has a genuinely brutal edge. With the Bierbaums and Giffen at the helm, this volume's darker take on the Legion is on full display.