Legionnaires #56

The cover of Legionnaires #56 says it all with its bold tagline — "M'onel Stands Alone!" — and delivers exactly that: the red-and-black-caped Legionnaire M'onel charges forward with fierce determination, completely surrounded by a snarling mob of alien enemies pressing in from every direction. Cover pencils by Jeffrey Moy and inks by W. C. Carani give the scene real kinetic energy, with bodies crowding the frame and an energy burst erupting at center that makes the odds feel genuinely overwhelming. Written by Roger Stern and Tom McCraw with art by Todd Nauck and Pamela Eklund, this January 1998 issue promises the kind of solo-hero-against-the-world tension that the Legion of Super-Heroes does so well.