Comic Title: DC Special Series #19
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Fall 1979
On Sale Date: July 5, 1979 Newsstand Date July 5, 1979
Source: House Ad, Weird War Tales #80, Page 12

Newsstand Date July 5, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #32

Newsstand Date July 5, 1979
Source: Comics Journal, #47

Copyright Date July 5, 1979
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1979

Newsstand Date July 3, 1979
Source: Comic Reader, #170

Newsstand Date July 2, 1979
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 79 #27
Listed as on sale the week of July 2nd

Shipping Date June 12, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #32

Frequency: Four times a year
Cover Price: $0.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: E. Nelson Bridwell

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "Brotherly Hate"
Pages: 7

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

Writer: E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist: George Tuska

Reprinted From:
Superboy #172 (1971)

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Action Comics #392; next appearance in Superboy #173)
• Lightning Lad (last appearance in Action Comics #386; next appearance in Superboy #188)
• Lightning Lass (last appearance in Action Comics #382; next appearance in Superboy #200)
• Timber Wolf (last appearance in Action Comics #391; next appearance in Superboy #191)

Villain(s)

• Lightning Lord (last appearance in Adventure Comics #372; next appearance in Superboy #207)

Other Character(s)

• The manager at an interplanetary bank (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Cosmic Boy (in flashback to the Legion's origin)
• Saturn Girl (in flashback to the Legion's origin)
• R. J. Brande (in flashback to the Legion's origin)

Comments:
The Legion's origin as well as the origin of Lightning Lad are recapped in flashback.

Synopsis:
A trio of Legionnaires investigate a robbery of the Interplanetary Bank by a thief using lightning bolts. Lightning Lad and Light Lass recognize the crook as their brother Mekt. All three gained lightning powers after an encounter with beasts on the planet Korbal. The Legionnaires track down Mekt, the self-proclaimed Lightning Lord, and attempt to apprehend him. Timber Wolf and Light Lass are unsuccessful, but Lightning Lad prevails by reflecting his lightning off a cliff filled with silver ore. The blast causes Lightning Lord's hair to turn snow white.