Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes
#256
[Whitman cover]
(October 1979)
- Volume:
- 31
- Price:
- 0.40 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- Whitman
- Editing:
- Jack Harris
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1977 series) #256.
Barcode appears on cover but has a line through it which renders the barcode unscannable.
This Is Your Life -- and Death -- Brainiac 5!
Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Inks:
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- C-160
Content Information
- Characters:
- Legion of Super-Heroe [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy]; Science Police
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This is Your Life -- And Death, Brainiac 5!
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils:
- Joe Staton
- Inks:
- David Hunt
- Colors:
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Job Number:
- J-6098
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Reprints:
-
in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #3/1980 (März 1980) -
in Superboy (Semic, 1977 series) #1/1981 (February 17, 1981)
-
Saves the Astronauts
Wonder Woman; Hostess Fruit Pies / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Vince Colletta
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; 2 astronauts
- Synopsis:
- A space shuttle cannot be reached by radio signal, so Wonder Woman leaves them a trail of Hostess Fruit Pies to guide them back to earth.
Indexer Notes
Hostess Fruit Pies ad.
[no title indexed]
Answer Man / text article / 0.67 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
Indexer Notes
DC questions, part of Daily Planet page
#47 Carol Fein
DC Profiles / text article / 0.33 page
Credits
- Script:
- Paul Kupperberg
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- biography
Indexer Notes
Script: Michael Catron states Kupperberg.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
This Is Your Life -- and Death -- Brainiac 5!
Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes -
1.
This is Your Life -- And Death, Brainiac 5!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
2.
Saves the Astronauts
Wonder Woman; Hostess Fruit Pies -
3.
[no title indexed]
Answer Man -
4.
#47 Carol Fein
DC Profiles
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Peter Croome
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- R. J. Roper
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