Comic Title: Legion of Super-Heroes #261
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1980
On Sale Date: December 20, 1979 Newsstand Date December 20, 1979
Source: House Ad, Legion of Super-Heroes #260, Page 29

Newsstand Date December 20, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #37

Newsstand Date December 20, 1979
Source: Comics Journal, #51

Copyright Date December 20, 1979
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1979

Newsstand Date December 18, 1979
Source: Comic Reader, #175

Newsstand Date December 17, 1979
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 79 #48
Listed as on sale the week of December 17th

Shipping Date November 27, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #37

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

Title: "Space Circus of Death"
Pages: 17

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

Writer: Gerry Conway
Penciller: Ric Estrada
Inker: John Calnan
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Reprinted In:
Legion of Super-Heroes #261 [Whitman Exclusive] (1980)
Legion of Super-Heroes:Before the Darkness Vol. 1 HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #260; next appearance in DC Special Series #21)
• Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #260; next appearance in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #1)
• Mon-El (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #260; next appearance in DC Special Series #21)
• Phantom Girl (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #260; next appearance in DC Special Series #21)
• Princess Projectra (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #260; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #269)
• Star Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #260; next appearance in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #1)
• Timber Wolf (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #260; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #269)