Legionnaires #43

Legion Tryouts Today" — that bold sign says it all on this wonderfully chaotic December 1996 cover by Jeffrey Moy and W. C. Carani, which packs in a teeming crowd of hopeful applicants alongside established Legionnaires already showing off their powers in mid-air and on the ground. From a golden statuesque figure surveying the scene to a rocket-booted hero, a flying acrobatic Legionnaire, and dozens of colorful alien faces pressing in from every angle, the sheer variety on display makes a compelling case that the Legion's universe is gloriously wide open. Writers Roger Stern and Tom McCraw's "New Blood" promises exactly what this cover delivers — a sense that the 30th century's greatest team is ready to grow.