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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published July 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "Why Me?"

Characters Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Color Kid [all as the Legion of Substitute-Heroes]; Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Keith Giffen (signed)
Inks Mike DeCarlo (signed)
Notes Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Ambush Bug (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]

23 page Superman and the Legion of Substitute Heroes story "Ambush Bug II"

Characters Polar Boy; Infection Lass; Porcupine Pete; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Color Kid; Antennae Lad; Double-Header (all as the Legion of Substitute-Heroes); Superman; Ambush Bug; Chief Zendak of the Science Police; Superman Museum; green kryptonite (photo); red kryptonite (photo)
Genre superhero
Script Keith Giffen (story); Paul Levitz (additional dialogue)
Pencils Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Kurt Schaffenberger (finished art)
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Job number, page count, and credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #50; in Showcase Presents Ambush Bug (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]

2 page Pair Mail letters page "Pair Mail"

Script Bob Rozakis
Letters typeset
Notes Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007. These records also note "Giffen letter."