The Legion of Super-Heroes #265

(July 1980)

The Brigadoon Syndrome! (Table of Contents: 1)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Conway (plot); J. M. DeMatteis (script)

Pencils

Jim Janes

Inks

Dave Hunt

Colors

Gene D'Angelo

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Job Number

J-6566

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Tyroc; Shadow Lass; Dawnstar; Saturn Girl; Wildfire; Lightning Lad]

Synopsis

Dawnstar and Shadow Lass are trapped on Tyroc's island home when it shifts into its other dimension. He finds a way for the girls to return home but he prefers to remain with his people.

Reprints

• in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #10/1980 (Oktober 1980)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness (DC, 2021 series) #1 (2020 [April 2021])

Indexer Notes

origin of Marzal, the birthplace of Tyroc

Catman on the Prowl (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Computers That Saved Metropolis! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); William M. Palmer (editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is Superman's last heroic act!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Shanna; Alec

Reprints

• from Superman in "The Computers That Saved Metropolis" (DC, 1980 series) (July 1980)

Indexer Notes

"Cover" for the advertising insert.

Begins special insert between pages 10 & 11 of the main story.

The Computers That Saved Metropolis! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script

Cary Bates

Pencils

Jim Starlin

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Editing

Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); William M. Palmer (editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Shanna; Alec; Margaret Wilson; John Bardeen (Nobel scientist, cameo); William Schockley (Nobel scientist, cameo); Walter Brattain (Nobel scientist, cameo); Lana Lang

Synopsis

Alec and Shanna use a pair of TRS-80 computers to help Superman stop Major Disaster after Superman's powers become difficult for him to control.

Reprints

• from Superman in "The Computers That Saved Metropolis" (DC, 1980 series) (July 1980)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); William M. Palmer (editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our TRS-80 computer answers check!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Shanna; Alec

Reprints

• from Superman in "The Computers That Saved Metropolis" (DC, 1980 series) (July 1980)

Indexer Notes

"Back cover" of advertising insert.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Legion Outpost / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack C. Harris

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-515

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Karen Wu; Brad Horning

Volume 80 Issue 16 - Week of April 21, 1980 (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.8 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Fred Hembeck

Pencils

Fred Hembeck

Inks

Fred Hembeck

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Hembeck

Genre

humor; superhero