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Issue Details

Issue #278
Published August 1981
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mike W. Barr
Notes Letters page replies by Mike W. Barr.

Cover Details - "The only thing standing between the planet Earth and crushing DOOM is The Legion of Super-Heroes"

Characters Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy [as Reflecto]; Duo Damsel; Cosmic Boy; Wildfire; Timber Wolf
Genre superhero
Pencils George Perez
Inks George Perez
Letters Gaspar Saladino

25 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Tragedy at the Top of the World!"

Characters Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy [as Reflecto]; Duo Damsel; Cosmic Boy; Wildfire; Timber Wolf; Light Lass; Blok; Karate Kid; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet; Dream Girl; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Mon El; Princess Projectra; Bouncing Boy
Synopsis The Legion must battle Grimbor, Who accuses The Legion of having caused his woman's death, while all the time Grimbor's Cosmic Chains are Drawing ever tighter around the planet Earth, Leading up to a cliffhanger like ending.
Genre superhero
Script Gerry Conway (plot); Roy Thomas (script)
Pencils Jimmy Janes (breakdowns); Bruce Patterson (finished art)
Inks Bruce Patterson
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Todd Klein
Notes Story concluded in the next issue.