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Issue Details

Issue #256
Published October 1979
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Harris

Cover Details

Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Dick Giordano

17 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "This is Your Life -- And Death, Brainiac 5!"

Genre superhero
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks David Hunt
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Ben Oda

1 page Wonder Woman; Hostess Fruit Pies advertisement "Saves the Astronauts"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; 2 astronauts
Synopsis A space shuttle cannot be reached by radio signal, so Wonder Woman leaves them a trail of Hostess Fruit Pies to guide them back to earth.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Hostess Fruit Pies ad.

Half page Answer Man text article

Genre humor
Script Bob Rozakis
Letters typeset
Notes DC questions, part of Daily Planet page

Half page DC Profiles #3 biography (nonfictional) "Carol Fein"

Letters typeset