The Legion of Super-Heroes, #287 Direct

Published: May 1982

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The Legion of Super-Heroes #287

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Issue Contents:
The Legion of Super-Heroes vs. Kharlak
1 page science fiction; superhero
Characters
  • Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy
  • Shrinking Violet
  • Timber Wolf]
  • Kharlak
Story Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Save the Suicide Squad
Story 1 18 pages science fiction; superhero
Storyline

Three Legionnaires infiltrate the Khund homeworld but are discovered and forced to fight renowned warrior Kharlak. They defeat him just as a rescue mission arrives to take them home, but the rescue ship crashes.

Characters
  • Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad
  • Light Lass
  • Star Boy
  • Blok
  • Element Lad
  • Saturn Girl
  • Sun Boy
  • Cosmic Boy
  • Chameleon Boy
  • Timber Wolf
  • Shrinking Violet
  • Colossal Boy]
  • Kharlak
  • Khunds
The Saga Continues!
Story 2 1 page horror-suspense
Credits
Story Notes

house ad for Saga of the Swamp Thing, The (DC, 1982 series) #1, on sale February 11

The Fury of Firestorm the Nuclear Man
Story 3 1 page superhero
Credits
Story Notes

house ad for Fury of Firestorm, The (DC, 1982 series) #1, on sale March 4

Prologue to Darkness
Story 4 7 pages science fiction; superhero
Storyline

Mon-El and Shadow Lass investigate a lifeless planet that has drifted into an interstellar space lane. Finding nothing except automated booby-traps, they leave, but on the other side of the planet, an unidentified figure awakes.

Characters
  • Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El
  • Shadow Lass]
  • Darkseid (cameo)
Story 5 1 page
Credits
  • Script:
Story Notes

Letters submitted by Mike Turner and Robert A. Buethe.

Story 6 0 pages
Story Notes

Statement of October 1, 1981 Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 117,038 Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 115,738 Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019