Superboy #229
(July 1977)

DC, 1949 Series
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Volume
29
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-04-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893067007
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Denny O'Neil (story editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #142.

Hunt for a Hero Killer! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Grell (signed)
Inks
Mike Grell (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
C-484
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Timber Wolf; Dawnstar; Wildfire]; Dark Circle
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Birds of a Feather (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Hunt for a Hero-Killer (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
James Sherman
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
Elizabeth Safian
Letters
Bill Morse
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Wildfire; Timber Wolf; Dawnstar; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Light Lass; Shadow Lass (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Chameleon Boy (cameo); Chemical King (cameo, flashback)]; Deregon (cameo, flashback); Night Girl (cameo); Dark Circle
Synopsis
The Legion head to the homeworld of the Dark Circle to find Deregon and avenge Chemical King.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Super-Talk / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil; Paul Levitz
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-674

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Scott Gibson, Beth Montelone, Jeff Albrecht.

Remember the Five-Cent Phone Call? (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 0.67 page (report information)

#12 Bill Morse (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.33 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Hunt for a Hero Killer!
    Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy
  2. 1. Birds of a Feather
    Batman and Robin; Hostess Cup Cakes
  3. 2. Hunt for a Hero-Killer
    Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Super-Talk
  5. 4. Remember the Five-Cent Phone Call?
    DC Publishorial
  6. 5. #12 Bill Morse
    DC Profiles
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  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Roy Lyons
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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