Comic Title: Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1979
On Sale Date: April 26, 1979 Newsstand Date April 26, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #29

Copyright Date April 26, 1979
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1979

Newsstand Date April 24, 1979
Source: Comic Reader, #167

Newsstand Date April 23, 1979
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 79 #14
Listed as on sale the week of April 23rd

Shipping Date April 3, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #29

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.40
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack C. Harris

Title: "Night of the Super-Assassins"
Pages: 17

Feature(s):
Superboy (of Earth-1)
Legion of Super-Heroes (of Earth-1)

Writer: Gerry Conway
Penciller: Joe Staton
Inker: Frank Chiaramonte
Letterer: Ben Oda
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Reprinted In:
Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253 [Whitman Exclusive] (1979)
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superman Family #196; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #252; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Colossal Boy (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #251; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Cosmic Boy (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #250; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Dream Girl (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #252; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Lightning Lad (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #252; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Lightning Lass (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #248; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Mon-El (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #252; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Phantom Girl (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #249; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Princess Projectra (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #252; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Saturn Girl (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #252; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Shadow Lass (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #252; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #255)
• Timber Wolf (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #251; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Ultra Boy (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #251; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Wildfire (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #252; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)

Villain(s)

• League of Super-Assassins (first appearance; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #272; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)
• Blok (first appearance; last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #272; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254)