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Issue: Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #249
Publication Date: March 1979
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Issues: #249 of 28 Issues (54 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/26/1978
Volume: 31
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893067003
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #163.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Staton (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5]
First Line: I-if our super-powers are useless against the Chemoid Monster -- how does Brainiac 5 expect his weapon to save us!?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-909
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Capital Crimes of the Chemical Conqueror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Jack Abel
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; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Shadow Lass; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl]; Chemical Conqueror [Mantis Morlo]; Chemoid Monster
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #21 published January 1979
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #6/1980 published January 1980
as Kjemierobreren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-5545
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The Intergalactic Gold Eaters

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; U.S. Army soldier; alien gold eaters
Synopsis: Aliens penetrate Fort Knox and begin to eat the gold, but Batman satisfies them with golden Twinkies instead.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Legion Outpost
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-207
Disclose Notes: Letters from Angela Payne, Andrew Vaca and Ed Via.
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The Arctoraan Jewel Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Kupperberg
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Joe Staton
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy]; Commander Hagbard; Ambassador Jeryl
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #7/1980 published January 1980
as Smykkeskrinet fra Arctoraan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-5915

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