Legion of Superheroes Homage to Brightest Day Issue 20

Normally to find inspiration for a Re-Legion project, I go digging through the back issue bins but this one came in a recent purchase of weekly comics.

I had followed Blackest Night and Brightest Day with intrest and when I saw this dramatic Aquaman cover with him losing his hand ( again ) . I knew where I would take it.

Back in the Adventure Comics era , Lightning Lad loses an arm to a monster called "The Moby Dick of Space " ( simpler days indeed ). Later in a 40th Anniversary Issue it was revealed the Luck Lords had manipulated events to cause the injury. George Perez had lately redesigned them in a Brave & Bold storyline and so we went with his image of them, holding the Book of Destiny.

Peter Temple did a great job capturing the Silver Age feel while at the same time capturing a very shocking modren image. The lightning storm behind the characters by Peter and the grey wash effect by Chris blend together beautifully, giving a very moody image. Chris Ivy worked on the cover logo/inks..the unlucky hands logo ( a slightly macrabe play on words ) adds to the overall effect.

Peter Temple is really great to work with. I recommend him to anyone on CAF for their commission. He got what I was trying to do and ran with it and Chris Ivy just throws himself into each Re-Legion project with gusto.