Comic Title: Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1979
On Sale Date: May 24, 1979 Newsstand Date May 24, 1979
Source: House Ad, Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253, Page 29

Newsstand Date May 24, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #30

Newsstand Date May 24, 1979
Source: Comics Journal, #46

Copyright Date May 24, 1979
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1979

Newsstand Date May 22, 1979
Source: Comic Reader, #168

Newsstand Date May 21, 1979
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 79 #19
Listed as on sale the week of May 21st

Shipping Date May 1, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #30

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

Title: "A Madman Shall Lead Them"
Pages: 17

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

Writer: Gerry Conway
Penciller: Joe Staton
Inker: David Hunt
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Reprinted In:
Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254 [Whitman Exclusive] (1979)
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in DC Comics Presents #14)
• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in DC Comics Presents #13)
• Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #252; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #256)
• Colossal Boy (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #256)
• Cosmic Boy (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #255)
• Dream Girl (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #262)
• Element Lad (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #250; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #266)
• Lightning Lad (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in DC Comics Presents #13)
• Lightning Lass (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #256)
• Mon-El (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #256)
• Phantom Girl (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #256)
• Princess Projectra (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #260)
• Saturn Girl (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in DC Comics Presents #13)
• Timber Wolf (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #256)
• Ultra Boy (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #256)
• Wildfire (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #255)

Supporting Character(s)

• Legion of Substitute Heroes (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #245; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1)
• Polar Boy (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #245; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1)
• Night Girl (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #245; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1)
• Fire Lad (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #245; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1)
• Chlorophyll Kid (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #245; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1)
• Color Kid (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #245; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #294)
• R. J. Brande (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #252; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #256)

Villain(s)

• League of Super-Assassins (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #270)
• Blok (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #270)