Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes
#244
[Whitman]
(October 1978)
DC,
1977 Series
- Volume
- 30
- Price
- [none]
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Whitman W [with Face]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Al Milgrom (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1977 series) #244.
The Circle That Crushed the Earth!
Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- James Sherman (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-806
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Dawnstar; Shrinking Violet; Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Shadow Lass; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy]; Dark Circle
- Reprints
-
in Superman Pocketbook (Egmont/Methuen, 1976 series) #8 (1979) -
in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([September] 2018)
-
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The Dark Circle That Crushed Earth
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 25 pages
- Job Number
- J-5363
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Wildfire; Dawnstar; Sun Boy; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Karate Kid]; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Duo Damsel; Shvaughn Erin; Ontiir; Garlak (flashback); Dominators; Khunds; Dark Circle; Diamondeth [Iris Jacobs] (cameo); Mordru
- Synopsis
- During the Khunds' invasion of Earth, former Legionnaires Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Bouncing Boy, and Duo Damsel defend the Legion armory. Karate Kid returns from the 20th Century. The Legion discover that the war was started by the Dark Circle led by Mordru.
- Reprints
-
in Superboy (Semic, 1977 series) #3/1980 (uke 17 1980) -
in Superman Presents Superboy (K. G. Murray, 1982 series) ([May 1982] ?) - in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([September] 2018)
-
Batman and the Corsair of Crime
Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Corsair of Crime [Capt. Stingaree]; Commissioner Gordon [James Gordon]; Chief O'Hara
- Synopsis
- The Corsair is holding Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara for ransom but is foiled by Batman and Robin when they distract his crew with Hostess Fruit Pies.
[no title indexed]
The Legion Outpost / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Al Milgrom; Paul Levitz
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-116
Indexer Notes
Letters from Al Schroeder III, Beppe Sabatini and Mark Lamport.
Volume 78 Issue 29 - Week of July 17, 1978
The Answer Man; Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Bob Rozakis
- Job Number
- P-229
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Circle That Crushed the Earth!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
1.
The Dark Circle That Crushed Earth
Legion of Super-Heroes -
2.
Batman and the Corsair of Crime
Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies -
3.
[no title indexed]
The Legion Outpost -
4.
Volume 78 Issue 29 - Week of July 17, 1978
The Answer Man; Daily Planet
This issue was modified by
- Peter Croome
- Jochen G.
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Samuels
- Dan Stevenson
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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