DC Released February 1983

Legion of Super-Heroes #296 (1983) First Print

Legion of Super-Heroes #296 is an issue of the Legion of Super-Heroes series from DC, released February 1, 1983. Written by Paul Levitz with artwork by Keith Giffen. This page represents the regular first-print edition. Separate pages are available for the 2 incentive, retailer-exclusive and later-printing variant covers.

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Published February 1983
Cover Price $0.60
Pages 32

The Legion of Super-Heroes deal with affairs after the Great Darkness Saga occurred. Lightning Lad recovers from his malady and Light Lass leaves the team, while they induct White Witch. The Legion are called for an incident where someone let loose a small, nuclear bomb in a city on Earth, and the Legion soon learns that the explosion was part of a protection racket and the ones killed in the explosion, among others, are Cosmic Boy's parents. His brother, Pol Krinn, was injured as well. The Legion tracks down the perpetrators and eventually arrest them. Meanwhile, Brainiac 5 tries to heal Matter-Eater Lad's illness.Ranked #81 in Wizard Magazine's list of "100 Best Single Issue Comics Since You Were Born".