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Issue: Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #247
Publication Date: January 1979
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Issues: #247 of 28 Issues (54 Printings)
Title:
Variant: DC Logo
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/24/1978
Volume: 31
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893067001
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #161.
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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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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Staton (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad]; Fatal Five [Validus; Tharok; Mano; Persuader; Emerald Empress]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #13 published January 1979
as Die Legion und ihre gefürchtetsten Gegner… die Finstern Fünf! [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-900
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Savage Sanctuary!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): Glynis Wein
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Colossal Boy; Element Lad]; Fatal Five [Tharok; Validus; Persuader; Mano; Emerald Empress]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #18/1979 published August 1979
as Allein gegen die Finsteren Fünf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #5/1980 published January 1980
as En ny verden [Story on Interior Page(s)]1 page removed
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: J-5595
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Penguins on Parade

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Penguin; Hostess Fruit Pies
Character(s): The Penguin; Gotham City police officers
Synopsis: The Penguin distracts people with marching penguin puppets while stealing an antique sword, but is himself distracted by Hostess Fruit Pies planted by the police.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Legion Outpost
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-182
Disclose Notes: Letters from Beppe Sabatini, Cat Yronwode and Mike White.
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Celebration!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): David Hunt
Colorist(s): Cory Adams
Letterer(s): Mike Stevens
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Dawnstar; Dream Girl; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Light Lass; Lightning Lad; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Shadow Lass; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Superboy (cameo); Timber Wolf; Tyroc (cameo); Ultra Boy; Wildfire]
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #26 published January 1980
as Wahlsabotage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #8/1980 published January 1980
as Gratulasjoner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-5579
Disclose Notes: A 247th Anniversary Special dedicated to the memory of Mort Weisinger. The Legion debuted in Adventure Comics #247, and this is their 247th story, appearing in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #247.

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