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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes #262
Publication Date: April 1980
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Issues: #262 of 55 Issues (148 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/22/1980
Volume: 32
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893067004
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #176.
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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; squarebound (#300)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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The Planet That Captured the Legion

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): James Sherman (signed)
Inker(s): James Sherman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Karate Kid; Dream Girl; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy]; The Engineer
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #7/1980 published July 1980
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #8/1981 published January 1981
as Spøkelsesplaneten [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-284
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The Planet That Captured the Legion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): James Sherman [as Jim Sherman]
Inker(s): James Sherman [as Jim Sherman]; Joe Rubinstein (uncredited, page 12, panels 1 [partial], 3, 4)
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Dream Girl; Shrinking Violet; Karate Kid; Light Lass; Ultra Boy; Sun Boy; Shadow Lass; Wildfire; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Mon-El (cameo); Timber Wolf (cameo); Princess Projectra (cameo); Brainiac 5 (cameo); Star Boy (cameo); Phantom Girl (cameo)]; R. J. Brande; The Engineer (introduction)
Synopsis: As one team of Legionnaires rebuilds their headquarters, another team accompanies R. J. Brande on a mission to create new suns and encounters impossible dangers on a strange planet.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #7/1980 published July 1980
as Der Gefängnis-Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #8/1981 published January 1981
as Planeten som fanget Rommets Helter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-6244
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An Arrow in Time

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow; Hostess Fruit Pies
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Synopsis: Green Arrow rescues a disabled tram and keeps the frightened child passengers happy with Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1979 Continental Baking Company.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris [as JCH]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Legion Outpost
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Job Number: L-448
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Scott Gibson and Sara Greenblatt.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1979
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months: 322,106
Actual number of copies sold for issue nearest filing date: 343,727
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Answer Man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Part of The DC Feature Page.
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Number 58 Steve Ditko

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): DC Profiles
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Part of The DC Feature Page. Art-only biography of Steve Ditko characters.

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