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Issue: Superboy #209
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 03/11/1975
Volume: 27
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #116.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; then standard Silver Age U.S.; then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#129, 138, 147, 156, 165, 185, 202, 205, 208)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
Who Will Save the Princess?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra
Reprinting
FlagSuperboy #1/1976 published January 1976
as Hvem kan redde prinsessen? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuper Heroes Album #3 published September 1976
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #11 published October 2001
as Who Will Save the Princess? [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
B-2453
The Spy

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
Superman keeps his secret identity from being exposed thanks to Hostess Fruit Pies.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
inside front cover
Who Can Save the Princess?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Legion of Super-Heroes [Timber Wolf [Brin Londo]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Princess Projectra [Projectra Wind'zzor]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Superboy [Kal-El]]; Duo Damsel [Lluornu Durgo Taine]
The Legionnaires must siphon off Princess Projectra's pain in order to allow her to survive the Pain Plague.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #18/1975 published August 1975
as Wer rettet die Prinzessin? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperboy #1/1976 published January 1976
as Hvem kan redde prinsessen? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuper Heroes Album #3 published September 1976
as Who Can Save the Princess? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #11 published October 2001
as Who Can Save the Princess? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
B-2408
Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives.

Duo Damsel is stated to be a Legion Reservist. Karate Kid is shown changing from his Silver Age outfit to the Bronze Age one.
Hero for a Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Shrinking Violet [Salu Digby]; Star Boy [Thom Kallor]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Chemical King [Condo Arlik]]; Flynt Brojj
While giving a tour to a special fan, the Legion receives a dangerous Witch Wolf. When the Legionnaires fail to subdue the animal, Flynt Brojj realizes that the Legionnaires are victims of a mass hypnotic spell.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #24/1975 published November 1975
as Held für einen Tag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperboy #3/1976 published March 1976
as Helt - for én dag! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #11 published October 2001
as Hero for a Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
B-2421
Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives.

The character of Flynt Brojj was named for two Legion fans, Mike Flynn and Harry Broertjes, who produced the Legion Outpost fanzine.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
biography, non-fiction
Editor's Note: Dust off the welcome mat!
Boltinoff tells how Jim Shooter came to write the Legion again and includes a short autobiographical essay by Shooter.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
B-2452
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Statement of October 1, 1974.
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 225,427.
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 260,480.
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019.

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