Volume: 30
Price: 0.60 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1977-12-20
Editing: Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor); Al Milgrom (credited as Allen Milgrom) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1977 series) #237 Edit Cover
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No Price Too High!
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Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Walter Simonson (layouts, see notes)
Mike Grell (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:C-678
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Colossal Boy; Star Boy; Princess Projectra; Shrinking Violet]; R. J. Brande; Arma Getten
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Cover layout artist credit from photos of the original art, posted to "The Mike Grell Page" on Facebook on February 6, 2020.

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: Printed in U.S.A.
  • Barcode: 0709893067003

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #151.

Sable Lady
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Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page

No Price Too High
(Table of Contents: 2)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-5061
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Dawnstar; Dream Girl; Light Lass; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Shadow Lass; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Timber Wolf; Ultra Boy]; R. J. Brande; Arma Getten (intro)
Synopsis:
After a ceremony celebrating the retirement of newlyweds Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl, Arma Getten kidnaps R. J. Brande and sends the Legion to retrieve three items as a ransom.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Pages 1-6 of a 34 page story.

Chapter Two: The Heart of a Star
(Table of Contents: 3)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Dawnstar; Star Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Dream Girl]; Khunds; Director Vxeraz; R. J. Brande; Arma Getten
Synopsis:
The first team secures star core samples after dealing with Khunds.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Pages 7-13 of a 34 page story.

Chapter Three: The Stolen Trophy
(Table of Contents: 4)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Princess Projectra; Wildfire; Phantom Girl; Shrinking Violet; Shadow Lass; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Colossal Boy; Dream Girl]; R. J. Brande; Arma Getten
Synopsis:
The second team retrieves the Quintile Crystal from Legion Headquarters.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Pages 14-19 of a 34 page story.

Chapter Four: The Crown of the Graxls
(Table of Contents: 5)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Timber Wolf; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Dream Girl; Star Boy; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5]; Graxls [Daxxt]; R. J. Brande; Arma Getten
Synopsis:
While the third team borrow the Crown of the Graxls, the hostage Legionnaires hatch a plan.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Pages 20-28 of a 34 page story.

Chapter Five: To Shake the Stars
(Table of Contents: 6)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Star Boy; Dawnstar; Shadow Lass; Star Boy; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5]; R. J. Brande; Arma Getten; Graxls [Draxxt]
Synopsis:
Clued in that Getten is more dangerous than suspected, the returning Legionnaires refuse to give in to the ransom demands, but Brande takes the decision out of their hands and defeats the villain.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Pages 29-34 of a 34 page story.

[no title indexed]
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The Legion Outpost / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Paul Levitz (responses)
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-835

Indexer Notes

Letters from Snapper Estes, Mike White, and Kevin Peters.

The Time Paradox Syndrome
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The Legion Outpost Extra / text article / 1 page

Script:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-803A

Indexer Notes

Article about the Legion and time travel. Revised and rewritten version of an article that originally appeared in the Legion Outpost #4.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. No Price Too High!
    Legion of Super-Heroes; Superboy
  2. Sable Lady
    Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  3. No Price Too High
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  4. Chapter Two: The Heart of a Star
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  5. Chapter Three: The Stolen Trophy
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  6. Chapter Four: The Crown of the Graxls
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  7. Chapter Five: To Shake the Stars
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  8. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
  9. The Time Paradox Syndrome
    The Legion Outpost Extra
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