Comic Title: Legion of Super-Heroes #40
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1987
On Sale Date: August 11, 1987 Newsstand Date August 11, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #42

Shipping Date July 21, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #122

Shipping Date July 21, 1987
Source: Focus, #1, Page BC

Copyright Date July 21, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "What Starfinger Touches..."
Pages: 27

Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Paul Levitz
Penciller: Gregory B. LaRocque
Penciller: Dan Jurgens
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Inker: Arne Starr
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Chameleon Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Colossal Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Dawnstar (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Dream Girl (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Element Lad (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Invisible Kid (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #42)
• Lightning Lass (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Mon-El (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Polar Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Quislet (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #36; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #44)
• Sensor Girl (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Shadow Lass (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #42)
• Sun Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #39; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Tellus (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #42)
• Timber Wolf (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• White Witch (last appearance in Amethyst #4; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Wildfire (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)

Supporting Character(s)

• Computo (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #39; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Laurel Kent (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #42)
• Star Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #38; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #55)

Villain(s)

• Starfinger (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #29; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Arranger (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #29; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #41)
• Four mercenaries (no further appearances)
• Starfinger's henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Kark (a Science Police officer on Tharr; no further appearances)
• Several miners from Tharr (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Legion of Super-Heroes #41.

Synopsis:
Dream Girl leads a team of Legionnaires into space after she forsees an impending attack. A ship filled with mercenaries hired by Starfinger arrives as predicted and penetrates Earth's defense shield. The Legion lets the ship land, then apprehends the invaders with the help of Star Boy who has stayed on Earth following Superboy's funeral.

Polar Boy and three other Legionnaires go to his home planet Tharr where Starfinger has been sabotaging mining operations as part of a blackmail scheme. The Legion protects the workers and repair the damage caused by Starfinger.

The interstellar crime lord is angered by the Legion's interference. He uses a solar powered satellite to launch a direct attack on Legion Headquarters. The Legion fights off the attack, then they destroy the satellite. Starfinger is further enraged by the super-heroes.