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Issue: The Best of DC #33
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/04/1982
Volume: 5
Pages: 100
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UPC/EAN: 0709893173002
Price: $1.50 CAD
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17 (9 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Paul Levitz; Nicola Cuti
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest (5" x 6.75")
Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Secret Origins of the Legion of Super-Heroes and Some Super-Villains, Too!

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Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Light Lass; Dawnstar; Wildfire; Timber Wolf]; Grimbor; The Infinite Man
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Secret Origins of the Legion of Super-Heroes and Some Super-Villains, Too!

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Inside front cover.
Part I: The Lone Wolf Legionnaire!

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Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Light Lass; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5]; Lone Wolf
While investigating robberies on Zoon, the Legionnaires extend an invitation of membership to Lone Wolf, but he refuses.
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Part II: The Youth Who Wasn't Human!

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Legion of Super-Heroes [Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad]; Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf reveals that he refused membership because he is an android, but the Legion discovers he is not what he thinks.
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The One-Shot Hero!

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Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Chemical King; Shrinking Violet; Mon-El; Princess Projectra; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Bouncing Boy]; Erg-1
Erg-1 is rejected for membership in the Legion when he refuses to demonstrate his unique power.
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Dawnstar Rising

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Origin of Dawnstar.
Brotherly Hate!

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Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Timber Wolf; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]; Superboy; Lightning Lord; R. J. Brande
Lightning Lad, Light Lass, and Timber Wolf track down Lightning Lord.
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Story includes short retellings of the Legion origin story from Superboy #147 (with the original members erroneously in their current costumes) and the Lightning Lad/Lightning Lass/Lightning Lord origin. In the fight to subdue him, Lightning Lord's hair is turned white, as it had already appeared in the adult Legion stories.
The Trillion-Dollar Trophies, Part 1: The Living Key

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Origin of Grimbor.
[The Trillion-Dollar Trophies] Chapter 2: Charma and the Chain-Maker

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[The Trillion-Dollar Trophies] Part 3: Divided and Conquered

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The Infinite Man Who Conquered the Legion!

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The Origins and Powers of the Legionnaires

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Cover - Superboy & the Legion Super-Heroes #233

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Cover - Superboy #221

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Cover - Adventure Comics #327

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Superboy; Jonathan Kent
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[untitled]

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Camelot 3000
It was foretold that England's greatest champion...
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The Story Behind the Stories

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Inside back cover. Discussion of the stories in the issue.

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