Dates
- Cover date
- September 1981
- On sale
- May 26, 1981
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #279 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition50¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition50¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893067009
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: George Pérez, Jim Janes, Curt Swaninks: George Pérez, Frank Chiaramonte, Vince Collettaletters: Gaspar Saladino, Ben Odascript: Roy Thomas, Bob Rozakiscolors: Gene D'Angelo
Stories
- Castle Grimbor Must Fall! · 25 pages
Grimbor's Cosmic Chains continue to constrict Earth's atmosphere but the Legion finally defeats him with the help of Reflecto, whose torn costume reveals a red "S" underneath after he collapses.
Characters
Clark KentSuperboyImra ArdeenRokk KrinnSaturn GirlGarth RanzzCosmic BoyLightning LadJo NahLar GandTinya WazzoLuornu DurgoSalu DigbyAyla RanzzMon-ElThom KallorPhantom GirlGim AllonChuck TaineShrinking VioletColossal BoyBrin LondoStar BoyDrake BurroughsBouncing BoyTimber WolfVal ArmorrKarate KidWildfireTasmia Mallor
Reprinted in
Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness (2021)