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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes #286
Publication Date: April 1982
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Issues: #286 of 55 Issues (148 Printings)
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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: 12/29/1981
Volume: 34
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Dream Girl]; Dr. Regulus
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published January 2010
as The Legion of Super-Heroes #286 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-812
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Old Friends, New Relatives and Other Corpses!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Dawnstar; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Blok; Ultra Boy; Light Lass; Timber Wolf; Star Boy; Shrinking Violet]; R. J. Brande; Dr. Regulus
Synopsis: Dr. Regulus attacks Sun Boy and the Legion on Brande's planetoid. Meanwhile, Chameleon Boy, unsettled about the discovery of his father, impulsively decides to take Timber Wolf and Shrinking Violet on a mission to the Khunds' homeworld.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #21/1982 published January 1982
as Gamle venner, nye slektninger og andre lik! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #35 [Direct] published April 1983
as Old Friends, New Relatives, and Other Corpses! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published January 2010
as Old Friends, New Relatives and Other Corpses! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: J-7815
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Swamp Thing Is Back!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for The Saga of Swamp Thing (DC, 1982 series) #1, on sale February 11
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-970
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by David Bakas and Sara Greenblatt.
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A Crown for the Princess

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Princess Projectra]; Prince Pharoxx
Synopsis: Projectra's cousin Pharoxx challenges her for the crown of Orando.
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In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published January 2010
as A Crown for the Princess [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7

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