Comic Title: Legion of Super-Heroes #53
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: December 1988
On Sale Date: August 23, 1988 Shipping Date August 23, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #7

Shipping Date August 25, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #147

Copyright Date August 30, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

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

Title: "Hunters and Hunted"
Pages: 27

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

Writer: Paul Levitz
Plotter/Penciller: Keith Giffen
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #4; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #54)
• Colossal Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #4; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #58)
• Element Lad (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #52; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #54)
• Lightning Lass (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #52; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #56)
• Magnetic Kid (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #52; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #56)
• Mon-El (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #52; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #54)
• Polar Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #52; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #54)
• Shadow Lass (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #52; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #54)
• Tellus (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #52; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #57)
• Timber Wolf (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #51; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #54)

Villain(s)

• Hywyndr (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #52; no further appearances)
• Warlord Jiwark (a Khund; no further appearances)
• Cur (a Khund pilot; no further appearances)
• Garak of the Glow (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #51; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #54)

Other Character(s)

• Doctor Mard (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #52; no further appearances)
• Several Science Police officers (no further appearances)
• Tsaquin (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #45; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #54)

Synopsis:
Magnetic Kid, Lightning Lass, and Tellus track down a Gil'Dishpan on Braal who is causing natural disasters. Although Hywyndr tries to kill the Legionnaires, his plan fails, and he is captured. Elsewhere, a Khund warship attacks Shadow Lass who is transporting the injured Mon-El in search of medical treatment. Using her powers to delay them, she get Mon-El to activate his heat vision which disables the Khund ship.