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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes #272

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Publication Date: February 1981

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Issues: #272 of 55 Issues (148 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 33

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: £0.15 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched; Squarebound (#300)

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

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The Legion of Super-Heroes #272 [Direct Sales]

The Legion of Super-Heroes #272 [Newsstand]

The Legion of Super-Heroes #272 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (5 total)

Who Will Be the Newest Member of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Blok; Wildfire; Nightwind; Crystal Kid; Lamprey

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-487

The Secret Origin of Blok!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Wildfire; Sun Boy; Dawnstar; Lightning Lad; Superboy (flashback); Light Lass (flashback); Shadow Lass (flashback); Ultra Boy (flashback); Timber Wolf (flashback); Mon-El (cameo); Cosmic Boy (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Chameleon Boy (cameo)]; Blok; Nightwind [Berta Haris] (introduction); Lamprey [Tayla Skott] (introduction); Crystal Kid [Bobb Kohan] (introduction); Starburst Bandits; Science Police

Synopsis: Wildfire and Dawnstar are testing four Legion Academy recruits to see which will join the Legion. As former enemy Blok recounts his origin, the team is called to recapture the escaped Starburst Bandits. Blok is admitted to the team for stopping the villains single-handedly.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 25

Job Number: J-6846

Notes: Legion Academy members Nightwind, Lamprey, and Crystal Kid were created by readers Rob Harris, Scott Taylor, and Robert Cohen, whose submissions were first published in the Amazing World of DC Comics fanzine.

Who Are the Heroes?

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Chris King [the Moth; Mega Boy]; Vicki Grant [Futura; Sunspot]; Flying Buttress; Roger Dunbar; Brad Mann; Greg King; Liz King; Gary King

Synopsis: New student Chris King meets Vicki Grant at school who tells him that the house his parents bought is rumored to be haunted. They find two mysterious dials in the attic which enable them to turn into super-heroes.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 15

Notes: Special Preview Insert between pages 13 & 14 of main story.

Heroes and villains are based on reader submissions: Futura (Jim Simpers); the Moth (Danny Vozzo); Mega Boy (David Cason); Sunspot (Shawn Sherman); Flying Buttress (Steve Mattson).

Feature continues in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #479.

Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

Aquaman and the Space Capsule

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Vince Colletta

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies

Character(s): Aquaman; Mera; Aqualad

Synopsis: The Aqua-Family rescues two astronauts from a sinking spacecraft.

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Pages: 1

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Jack C. Harris

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Legion Outpost

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Pages: 1

Job Number: L-656

Notes: Letters submitted by Todd Horton; Steve Mayo; Scott Katz. Also includes listing of other DC comics edited by Harris on sale this month.