Issue Details

Issue	#248
Published	February 1979
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.40 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack C. Harris

Cover Details - "Beneath the Streets Lurks Death!"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Phantom Girl; Cosmic Boy; Shadow Lass]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Joe Staton (signed)
Inks	Dick Giordano (signed)

17 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Beneath the Streets Lurks ... Death!"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Colossal Boy (cameo); Light Lass (cameo); Phantom Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Shadow Lass; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Brainiac 5]; R.J. Brande
Genre	superhero
Script	Gerry Conway
Pencils	Joe Staton
Inks	David Hunt
Colors	Gene D'Angelo
Letters	Ben Oda

1 page The Penguin; Hostess advertisement "Penguins on Parade"

Characters	The Penguin; Gotham City police officers
Synopsis	The Penguin distracts people with marching penguin puppets while stealing an antique sword, but is himself distracted by Hostess Fruit Pies planted by the police.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Vince Colletta
Notes	Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies.

Half page Hembeck! cartoon "Batman, Superman, The Flash -- all my JLA pals have such classy names!"

Characters	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Genre	satire
Script	Fred Hembeck
Pencils	Fred Hembeck
Inks	Fred Hembeck

Half page Answer Man text article

Script	Bob Rozakis
Letters	typeset
Notes	DC questions, part of Daily Planet page