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Issue Details

Issue #238
Published April 1978
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 52
Editing Al Milgrom

Cover Details - "The Legion in Chains!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Karate Kid; Dream Girl; Ultra Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Starlin (signed)
Inks Jim Starlin (signed)
Notes Wraparound cover

1 page Superboy; Legion of the Super-Heroes foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Greetings, Legion Fans!"

Genre superhero
Script Al Milgrom
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein?
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction to the reprint issue with no ads, illustrated with the covers of Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #359 and #360. Located on inside front cover.

22 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Outlawed Legionnaires!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Invisible Kid; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Ultra Boy; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Karate Kid; Sun Boy; Element Lad; Colossal Boy; Duo Damsel; Dream Girl; Star Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Light Lass; Mon-El; Bouncing Boy; Princess Projectra; Supergirl; Shrinking Violet]; Kandro Boltax; R.J. Brande
Synopsis When the new United Planets President outlaws the Legion, some are sent to the Takron-Galtos prison planet, some are imprisoned on Earth, and the rest go underground.
Genre superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #359

13 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "[Part I]: The Legion Chain Gang!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Matter-Eater Lad; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Karate Kid; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Invisible Kid; Chameleon Boy; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy; Dream Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Cosmic Boy]; R.J. Brande; Kandro Boltax; Rond Vidar
Synopsis The Legionnaires who went underground break out the Legionnaires imprisoned on Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #360

11 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Part II: The Legion Spies"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Duo Damsel; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad; Karate Kid; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Cosmic Boy; Star Boy; Mon-El; Element Lad; Matter-Eater Lad; Ultra Boy; Superboy; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Dream Girl; Saturn Girl; Princess Projectra]; Universo [also as Kandro Boltax]; Rond Vidar
Synopsis The Legionnaires on Earth uncover the President's scheme and expose him as the mind-controlling Universo.
Genre superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #360

Half page Answer Man filler

Genre humor; fact
Script Bob Rozakis
Letters typeset
Notes DC questions

Half page DC Profiles #29 biography (nonfictional) "E. Nelson Bridwell"

Genre Biography
Letters typeset

1 page Legion Outpost Extra text article "More Time Paradox Syndromes"

Script Jay L. Zilber
Letters typeset
Notes Located on inside back cover