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Issue Details

Issue #229
Published July 1977
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Denny O'Neil

Cover Details - "Hunt for a Hero Killer!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Timber Wolf; Dawnstar; Wildfire]; Dark Circle
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Grell (signed)
Inks Mike Grell (signed)

17 page Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes story "Hunt for a Hero-Killer"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Wildfire; Timber Wolf; Dawnstar; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Light Lass; Shadow Lass (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Chameleon Boy (cameo); Chemical King (cameo, flashback)]; Deregon (cameo, flashback); Night Girl (cameo); Dark Circle
Synopsis The Legion head to the homeworld of the Dark Circle to find Deregon and avenge Chemical King.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils James Sherman
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Liz Berube
Letters Bill Morse
Reprinted in Super Hero Album (K.G. Murray, 1976 series) #9

Half page DC Publishorial text article "Remember the Five-Cent Phone Call?"

Script Jenette Kahn
Letters typeset
Notes message from the publisher

Half page DC Profiles #12 biography (nonfictional) "Bill Morse"

Script Mike Gold
Letters typeset

1 page Batman; Robin; Hostess advertisement "Birds of a Feather"

Characters Batman; Robin; Pigeon Person
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Ad for Hostess Cup Cakes