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Issue Details

Issue #241
Published July 1978
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 52
Editing Al Milgrom

Cover Details

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Element Lad; Sun Boy]; Resource Raiders
Genre superhero
Pencils James Sherman (signed)
Inks Joe Rubinstein (signed)

22 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Prologue to Earthwar"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Wildfire; Dawnstar; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Element Lad; Phantom Girl; Shrinking Violet; Chameleon Boy]; Shvaughn Erin (first appearance); Ambassador Relnic; Ontiir (first appearance); Resource Raiders
Synopsis The Legion try to prevent the Resource Raiders from stealing rare metals from Antarctica; Mon-El, Dawnstar, Wildfire, and Ultra Boy discover sabotage on Weber's World just before negotiations between the United Planets and the Dominators are to begin; Shvaughn Erin arrives at Legion headquarters seeking help.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils James Sherman
Inks Bob McLeod
Colors Cory Adams
Letters Ben Oda

1 page Aquaman; Hostess advertisement "The Imperiled Sub"

Characters Aquaman; Aqualad
Synopsis Aquaman saves a miniature research submarine from a tidal wave. Once safely on land, the scientists aboard the sub celebrate their rescue by sharing Hostess Twinkies with Aquaman and Aqualad, but not with the dolphins who did all of the heavy lifting!
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Hostess Twinkies ad

12 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "My Brother's Keeper"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Light Lass; Timber Wolf]; Lightning Lord
Synopsis When Lightning Lord escapes from prison, his sister, Light Lass, and Timber Wolf travel to Winath to bring him back.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Levitz (plot); Paul Kupperberg (writer)
Pencils Arvell Jones
Inks Dan Bulanadi
Colors Cory Adams
Letters Shelly Leferman

Half page text article "Magic and the Legion (Part 1): Things That Go Bump in the Night"

Script Len Rosenberg
Letters typeset