Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #348

Three Legionnaires are swept up in a swirling, otherworldly vortex of purple and blue energy on this June 1987 cover — a caped hero strains against unseen forces at the center, while a snarling, electrically-charged figure and a dark-haired woman in white are caught in the cosmic turbulence below. The stark black-and-white rendering of the characters against the vivid painted background gives the image a striking, almost dreamlike tension, with cover pencils by Ron Frenz and inks by Dick Giordano making every detail pop. With Paul Levitz scripting and Steve Lightle and Mike DeCarlo handling interior art, Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #348 promises the kind of high-stakes 30th-century adventure this series does so well.