Comic Title: Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #256
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1979
On Sale Date: July 19, 1979 Newsstand Date July 19, 1979
Source: House Ad, Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #255, Page 29

Newsstand Date July 19, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #32

Newsstand Date July 19, 1979
Source: Comics Journal, #47

Copyright Date July 19, 1979
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1979

Newsstand Date July 17, 1979
Source: Comic Reader, #170

Newsstand Date July 16, 1979
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 79 #28
Listed as on sale the week of July 16th

Shipping Date June 26, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #32

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

Title: "This Is Your Life -- and Death, Brainiac 5"
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: Ben Oda
Colorist: Eugene D'Angelo

Reprinted In:
Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #256 [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 #255; next appearance in Superman Family #198)
• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #255; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Chameleon Boy (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #250; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Colossal Boy (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #262)
• Cosmic Boy (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #255; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Lightning Lad (last appearance in DC Comics Presents #13; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Lightning Lass (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Mon-El (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Phantom Girl (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Saturn Girl (last appearance in DC Comics Presents #13; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Shadow Lass (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #255; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Shrinking Violet (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #255; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Timber Wolf (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Ultra Boy (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)
• Wildfire (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #255; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #258)

Supporting Character(s)

• Matter-Eater Lad (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #252; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #289)
• R. J. Brande (last appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #254; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #257)