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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes #284
Publication Date: February 1982
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Issues: #284 of 55 Issues (148 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/27/1981
Volume: 34
Pages: 40
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mike W. Barr (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Pat Broderick (signed)
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Dawnstar; Element Lad; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Timber Wolf; Light Lass]
First Line: This is Medicus One...
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In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published January 2010
as The Legion of Super-Heroes #284 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-756
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The Soul-Thief from the Stars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Pat Broderick
Inker(s): Bruce Patterson
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 [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Shadow Lass; Brainiac 5; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Wildfire; Ultra Boy; Cosmic Boy; Blok; Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Dawnstar; Karate Kid; Dream Girl; Mon-El (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Phantom Girl (cameo)]; Bouncing Boy; Duo Damsel; The Organleggers (first appearance); Dr. Gym'll (first appearance); Organus (first appearance)
Synopsis: Timber Wolf is on the hospital satellite Medicus One for plastic surgery to regain his human face and alerts the Legion to a raid by the Organleggers. One Legion team fights the raiders off but another team must return later to face Organus, a creature accidentally created during the earlier battle.
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In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published January 2010
as The Soul-Thief from the Stars [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 27
Job Number: J-7726
Disclose Notes: Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel return to reserve status, Karate Kid and Princess Projectra take leaves of absence, and Tyroc is granted an honorable discharge.
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Marathon Madman

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): The Flash; Hostess Cup Cakes
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Dr. Sorcery
Synopsis: The Flash distracts Dr. Sorcery with Hostess Cup Cakes so that the villain does not disrupt the Central City Police Department Marathon.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1981 Continental Baking Company.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Legion Outpost
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-916
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Stewart Landers; Roger Caldwell; T. M. Maple; Andrew Maclaney.

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