Legionnaires #41

The cover of Legionnaires #41 pulls no punches: a battered, blood-streaked Legionnaire in a torn blue-and-yellow lightning-bolt uniform reaches desperately toward a gloved hand lying limp among the wreckage surrounding him, his wide blue eyes carrying a mix of fear and urgency. The title "Aftermath" promises the kind of raw, consequence-driven storytelling that makes superhero comics genuinely compelling, and cover artists Jeffrey Moy and W. C. Carani render the chaos with striking intensity. With Roger Stern and Tom McCraw at the helm of DC's 30th-century teen heroes, this October 1996 issue looks like essential reading for any Legion fan.