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Issue: Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #250
Publication Date: April 1979
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Issues: #250 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: 01/23/1979
Volume: 31
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893067004
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #164.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSuper Star Team #[nn] published March 1983
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #1/1980 published January 1980
as Superboy und die Legion der Superhelden [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-927
Disclose Notes: cover background composed of old Superboy covers
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This Is the Day the Universe Dies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #1/1980 published January 1980
as Heute stirbt das Universum [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #6/1980 published January 1980
as Dette er dagen da Universet dør [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose 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.
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The Golden Treasure

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): 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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[This Is the Day the Universe Dies!] Chapter Two: Madman in Our Midst!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #1/1980 published January 1980
as kein deutscher Titel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #6/1980 published January 1980
as En av oss er sinnsyk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose 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)
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose 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

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