Comic Title: Legion of Super-Heroes #49
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1988
On Sale Date: April 19, 1988 Shipping Date April 19, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #3

Shipping Date April 19, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #138

Newsstand Date May 3, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754

Shipping Date April 19, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754

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

Title: "A Time to Live"
Pages: 27

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

Writer: Paul Levitz
Penciller: Patrick R. Broderick
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Blok (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Brainiac 5 (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Chameleon Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #4)
• Colossal Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #4)
• Dawnstar (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #51)
• Dream Girl (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Element Lad (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Invisible Kid (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #51)
• Lightning Lass (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47; next appearance in Wanderers #3)
• Magnetic Kid (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #51)
• Mon-El (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Phantom Girl (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47; next appearance in Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #5)
• Polar Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Quislet (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Saturn Girl (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Sensor Girl (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Shadow Lass (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Shrinking Violet (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Sun Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Timber Wolf (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Ultra Boy (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• White Witch (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Wildfire (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47; next appearance in Wanderers #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Duo Damsel (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)
• Marella Tao (last appearance in Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #2; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #51)
• Rond Vidar (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #50)

Villain(s)

• Starfinger (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #48; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #4)
• Starlight and Starbright (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #47; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #4)
• Members of Starfinger's organization (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Tellus (in Sensor Girl's thoughts)

Comments:
This story is continued from Legion of Super-Heroes #48 and continues in Legion of Super-Heroes #50.

Synopsis:
Brainiac 5 continues his experiments in an attempt to make time travel possible once again. Sensor Girl exposes the conspiracy within the Legion which Brainiac 5, Saturn Girl, Mon-El, and reserve member Duo Damsel are involved. The foursome admit that they made a pact after the death of Superboy to get the Time Trapper at any cost.

Suddenly, all the Legionnaires collapse in pain. The source of the pain is their flight rings which Starfinger is using to target them. After several moments the Legionnaires recover. Starfinger is angry that the Legionnaires are still alive. He blames Doctor Hazeg who created the weapon. After giving Hazeg one more chance, Starfinger plans to kill the scientist and discovers that the doctor is Colossal Boy in disguise. He also exposes Chameleon Boy who had independantly infiltrated Starfinger's organization. With both the Legionnaires now his prisoners, he plans to use them to destroy the Legion.

Back on Earth, Brainiac 5 gives up on his experiments, conceding that time travel is impossible. He is interrupted by the entrance of Rond Vidar who has been thought to be long dead.