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Issue: Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #250

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Publication Date: April 1979

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Issues: #250 of 28 Issues (54 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 31

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893067004

Price: £0.12 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: Newsprint

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

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Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #250 [U.S. Cover Price]

Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #250 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (6 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Joe Staton (signed)

Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Shadow Lass; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy]

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-927

Notes: cover background composed of old Superboy covers

This Is the Day the Universe Dies!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Jim Starlin [as Steve Apollo] (plot); Paul Levitz (script)

Penciller(s): Jim Starlin [as Steve Apollo] (layouts, pages 2-12); Joe Staton (page 1 only, uncredited); Dave Hunt (finished art)

Inker(s): Dave Hunt

Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Wildfire; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Dawnstar; Dream Girl; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Lightning Lad; Mon-El; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Shadow Lass; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Timber Wolf; Tyroc; Ultra Boy]; Omega

Synopsis: Chameleon Boy announces that Ultra Boy was framed for the murder of An Ryd, but before the full truth comes out the Legion must deal with the threat of Omega, a giant creature claiming to be the embodiment of all the hate in the universe.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Pages 1-13 of a 19 page story. Story originally intended for a Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes Spectacular in the DC Special Series. Reworking for appearance here caused Jim Starlin to request having his name taken off.

Joe Staton credit confirmed by Paul Levitz in The Legion Companion, page 110: "I recreated the story, we threw out a few pages, we had Joe Staton do a new splash page for the second part [and] ran it in an entirely different order with a somewhat different plot than what Jim intended..." Thanks to the LSH: The Legion of Super-Heroes Facebook group for this information.

The Golden Treasure

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Vince Colletta

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Editor(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Wonder Woman; Hostess Twinkies

Character(s): Wonder Woman; unnamed criminals

Synopsis: Wonder Woman is stunned in an ambush, but the Hostess Twinkies she has with her distract the criminals long enough for her to recover and capture them.

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Pages: 1

[This Is the Day the Universe Dies!] Chapter Two: Madman in Our Midst!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Jim Starlin (story); Paul Levitz (words)

Penciller(s): Jim Starlin (layouts); David Hunt (finished art)

Inker(s): David Hunt

Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes

Synopsis: Brainiac 5 is revealed as the creator of Omega and the person who framed Ultra Boy. The Legion prepares for the final battle with Omega after locking their insane friend away.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Pages 14-19 of a 19 page story. Story continues in the following issue.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Jack C. Harris

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Legion Outpost

Synopsis: Letters submitted by Al Schroeder III; Beppe Sabatini; Ed Via; Bill Keller; Sheryl Fuller.

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Pages: 0.75

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Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Statement of October 1, 1978
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 141,277
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 204,473
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019