Dates
- Cover date
- November 1981
- On sale
- July 28, 1981
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #281 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893067011
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: George Pérez, Steve Ditko, Bruce Patterson, Curt Swaninks: Bruce Patterson, Vince Collettascript: Roy Thomas, Paul Levitzcolors: Gene D'Angeloletters: Ben Oda
Stories
- Madness Is the Molecule Master · 27 pages
Six Legionnaires are marooned in the past with Superboy who is trying to regain his memory. The Time Trapper sends the robot Molecule Master to fight them.
Characters
Clark KentSuperboyLana LangImra ArdeenSaturn GirlGarth RanzzLightning LadJo NahLar GandTinya WazzoMon-ElThom KallorPhantom GirlGim AllonChuck TaineColossal BoyBrin LondoStar BoyDawnstarDrake BurroughsBouncing BoyTimber WolfVal ArmorrKarate KidWildfireTasmia MallorShadow LassBlokThe Time TrapperReflecto
Reprinted in
The Steve Ditko Omnibus (2011), Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness (2021)