Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #231
Title: “A Day in the Death of a World!”
Medium: comic
Cover date: Sep. 1977
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This publication is also known as: Superboy (vol. 1) #231.
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #231 marks the first issue that the "official" title of this series is actually given as "Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes" in the internal indicia. However, the title had already appeared as "Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes" since issue #222.
Some sources categorize this as the "first" issue in the Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes series, although that can be confusing because if one looks at the covers, there is no particular change in this issue from the previous issues.
It is also worth noting that the word "Giant" appears in smaller but still significantly-sized letters above the cover logo. If taken completely out of context, this issue might even be identified as Giant Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #231.
The title of this series would continue to appear as "Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes" in both the indicia as well as in the cover logo for over two more years, until issue #258. After that the series was split into two separate series: The Legion of Super-Heroes and The New Adventures of Superboy. The series featuring the Legion (The Legion of Super-Heroes) continued the numbering of Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, with issue #259. The New Adventures of Superboy, which can be regarded as the second "Superboy" series, started with issue #1. So in a very real way, over the course of many years, volume 1 of the Superboy series, which began in 1949, eventually changed into the Legion of Super-Heroes series. In one form or another, Superboy shared the cover title with the team from issue #197 until 258, until being removed from the title entirely.
