Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #4

A massive, menacing shadow figure dominates this 1986 annual's cover, its glowing white eyes fixed on four Legion members caught scrambling within its silhouette — a dramatic visual promise that Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen have something dangerous in store for DC's 30th-century heroes. Steve Lightle's cover work is crisp and atmospheric, the purple background making that looming dark presence feel genuinely threatening as the Legionnaires strain against it. The cover copy says it all: "In the shadows of the night, a killer's on a rampage — and he's out for Legion blood!