Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #318

A hulking armored mercenary called the Pershadder towers over a group of Legionnaires on this striking 1984 cover, with a caped female hero seen from behind squaring off against him while several teammates — including a winged figure and others in Legion uniform — reel in the background. The cover's bold tagline warns he's "the highest paid killer in the galaxy," making it clear this Terry Shoemaker and Karl Kesel cover is setting up a genuinely dangerous threat for the team. Paul Levitz's "Shadows of Future Past" promises the kind of high-stakes Super-Heroes adventure that made this series a standout of mid-'80s DC storytelling.