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243September 1978
$0.50

Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #243

DC · September 1978 · on sale June 20, 1978

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Identification plate

Series: Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1977 series)
Issue: #243
Publication date: September 1978
Key date: September 1978
On-sale date: June 20, 1978
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $0.50
Pages: 44
Barcode: 0709893067009
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Mike Grell; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Tatjana Wood	Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Wildfire; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Sun Boy]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Polar Boy; Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Color Kid]
1	Earth's Last Stand	comic story	12	script: Paul Levitz; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Jack Abel; colors: Cory Adams; letters: Jean Simek	Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Wildfire; Dawnstar; Superboy; Sun Boy; Element Lad; Colossal Boy; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Phantom Girl; Princess Projectra; Star Boy; Dream Girl; Shrinking Violet; Brainiac 5]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Color Kid; Fire Lad
2	Onward and Upward	in-house column	1	script: Jenette Kahn
3	[Earth's Last Stand] Chapter Two: Hunt for a Hyper-Beam	comic story	5	script: Paul Levitz; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Jack Abel; colors: Cory Adams; letters: Jean Simek
4	[Earth's Last Stand] Chapter Three: The Last Chance	comic story	8	script: Paul Levitz; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Jack Abel; colors: Cory Adams; letters: Jean Simek
5	-	letters page	1	script: Al Milgrom, Paul Levitz
6	The Answer Man's Guide to the DC Explosion!	in-house column	1	script: Bob Rozakis

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Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-8085-7	2018	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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