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Issue Details

Issue #247
Published January 1979
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack C. Harris

Cover Details

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad]; Fatal Five [Validus; Tharok; Mano; Persuader; Emerald Empress]
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Staton (signed)
Inks Dick Giordano (signed)

13 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Savage Sanctuary!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Colossal Boy; Element Lad]; Fatal Five [Tharok; Validus; Persuader; Mano; Emerald Empress]
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Glynis Wein
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.

9 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Celebration!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Dawnstar; Dream Girl; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Light Lass; Lightning Lad; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Shadow Lass; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Superboy (cameo); Timber Wolf; Tyroc (cameo); Ultra Boy; Wildfire]
Genre superhero
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks David Hunt
Colors Cory Adams
Letters Mike Stevens
Notes A 247th Anniversary Special dedicated to the memory of Mort Weisinger.