Issue Details

Issue	#249
Published	March 1979
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.40 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack C. Harris

Cover Details - "I-if our super-powers are useless against the Chemoid Monster -- how does Brainiac 5 expect his weapon to save us!?"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Joe Staton (signed)
Inks	Dick Giordano (signed)

10 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Capital Crimes of the Chemical Conqueror!"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Shadow Lass; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl]; Chemical Conqueror [Mantis Morlo]; Chemoid Monster
Genre	superhero
Script	Gerry Conway
Pencils	Joe Staton
Inks	Jack Abel
Colors	Gene D'Angelo
Letters	Ben Oda

1 page Batman; Hostess advertisement "The Intergalactic Gold Eaters"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; U.S. Army soldier; alien gold eaters
Synopsis	Aliens penetrate Fort Knox and begin to eat the gold, but Batman satisfies them with golden Twinkies instead.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Vince Colletta
Notes	Hostess Twinkies ad.

9 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Arctoraan Jewel Case"

Characters	Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy]; Commander Hagbard; Ambassador Jeryl
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Joe Staton
Inks	Joe Staton
Colors	Adrienne Roy
Letters	Todd Klein