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Issue: Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #243
Publication Date: September 1978
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Issues: #243 of 28 Issues (54 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/20/1978
Volume: 30
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893067009
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Al Milgrom (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #157.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Grell (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Wildfire; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Sun Boy]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Polar Boy; Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Color Kid]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-742
Disclose Notes: colorist credits via Greg McKee, taken from the signed color guide
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Earth's Last Stand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): Cory Adams
Letterer(s): Jean Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Wildfire; Dawnstar; Superboy; Sun Boy; Element Lad; Colossal Boy; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass; Phantom Girl; Princess Projectra; Star Boy; Dream Girl; Shrinking Violet; Brainiac 5]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Color Kid; Fire Lad; Night Girl; Polar Boy; Stone Boy]; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Duo Damsel; Shvaughn Erin; Ambassador Relnic; Ontiir; Dominators; Khunds
Synopsis: Ambassador Relnic and the Dominators vanish during peace talks on Weber's World. The Khunds invade Earth with only the Legion Subs as a last defense.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #6/1979 published January 1979
as Jordas siste forsvar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-5271
Disclose Notes: Pages 1-12 of a 25-page story.
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Onward and Upward

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jenette Kahn
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Publishorial
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letter from the DC Publisher.
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[Earth's Last Stand] Chapter Two: Hunt for a Hyper-Beam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): Cory Adams
Letterer(s): Jean Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRymdens hjältar #1/1980 published January 1980
as Jordens sista chans del 2 av 3: Jakten på en Hyperstråle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #1/1980 published January 1980
as Jakten på en hyperstråle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Pages 13-17 of a 25-page story.
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[Earth's Last Stand] Chapter Three: The Last Chance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): Cory Adams
Letterer(s): Jean Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRymdens hjältar #1/1980 published January 1980
as Kapitel 2: Sista chansen! [Del 3 av 3] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #1/1980 published January 1980
as Siste sjanse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Pages 18-25 of a 25-page story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Milgrom; Paul Levitz
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Legion Outpost
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-991
Disclose Notes: Letters from Thomas Fatsi and Tim Stoffregen on the Legion of Super-Heroes appearances up through 1978.
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The Answer Man's Guide to the DC Explosion!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Answer Man
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: List of all DC characters and features and which comics they appear in.

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