The Legion of Super-Heroes #309

A cloaked, commanding figure dominates the foreground of this March 1984 cover — back turned, arms spread wide, casting a long shadow across a fiery, smoke-choked sky — while several Legionnaires scramble across rocky terrain behind them, including a grey-skinned powerhouse, a dark-haired woman in a purple costume, a red-suited hero, and a blue-and-yellow figure caught in an explosion. The stark tagline "Prophet… and Loss!" sets a tone of weight and consequence that feels perfectly matched to that turbulent backdrop. Cover art by Keith Giffen and Larry Mahlstedt gives the whole scene an epic, almost cinematic tension that longtime Legion fans will find hard to resist.