Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #351

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #351 promises a fierce "Battle Royale with the Fatal Five!" right on the cover — and it delivers the tension visually with a red-and-white-costumed Legionnaire locked in a fierce grapple with a green-clad, masked adversary, a disembodied eye looming ominously in the background between them. Curt Swan's pencils and Dick Giordano's inks give the confrontation real weight and urgency, capturing the moment at its most physically charged. With Levitz, LaRocque, and DeCarlo credited on the title banner, this September 1987 issue looks like a satisfying clash between Legion heroism and one of their most formidable villain groups.