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Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #256

DC · Series began 1977 · October 1979

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Dates

Cover date: October 1979
On sale: July 17, 1979
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #256 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition40¢ cover

Barcode 0709893067010 · shared with another edition
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Whitman edition

Whitman

Whitman branding on the cover.

Barcode 3067010
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UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.

Barcode 0709893067010 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Dick Giordano, Joe Staton, Curt Swaninks: Dick Giordano, Dave Hunt, Vince Collettascript: Gerry Conway, Jack C. Harris, Bob Rozakis, Paul Kupperbergcolors: Gene D'Angeloletters: Ben Oda

Stories

This is Your Life -- And Death, Brainiac 5! · 17 pages
The Legion take over Cosmic World in an attempt to cure Brainiac 5.

Reprinted in

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (2017)