Legion of Super-Heroes #72

A quietly powerful cover by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer frames this September 1995 issue around Kid Quantum — his name displayed at the bottom like a monument — rendered in golden, statue-like glory in the background while a somber Legionnaire in blue and white stands in the foreground, fists clenched and gaze downcast. Two shadowed figures flank the scene, lending the composition a funereal weight that matches the story's title, "Absent Friends." Writers Tom Peyer and Tom McCraw, with artist Lee Moder and inker Ron Boyd, deliver what promises to be an emotionally resonant chapter in the Legion's ongoing saga.