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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes #287
Publication Date: May 1982
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Issues: #287 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: 01/26/1982
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: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); 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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Disclose Reprinted In6
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
Indicia
 
 
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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The Legion of Super-Heroes vs. Kharlak

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (signed)
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet; Timber Wolf]; Kharlak
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga #[First Printing] published November 1989
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published January 2010
as The Legion of Super-Heroes #287 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-287
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Save the Suicide Squad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen
Inker(s): Bruce Patterson
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Light Lass; Star Boy; Blok; Element Lad; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Timber Wolf; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy]; Kharlak; Khunds
Synopsis: Three Legionnaires infiltrate the Khund homeworld but are discovered and forced to fight renowned warrior Kharlak. They defeat him just as a rescue mission arrives to take them home, but the rescue ship crashes.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #22/1982 published January 1982
as Krigsplaneten Khundia! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published January 2010
as Save the Suicide Squad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: J-7987
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The Saga Continues!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tom Yeates
Inker(s): Tom Yeates
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Swamp Thing
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Saga of the Swamp Thing, The (DC, 1982 series) #1, on sale February 11
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The Fury of Firestorm the Nuclear Man

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pat Broderick
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Firestorm
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Fury of Firestorm, The (DC, 1982 series) #1, on sale March 4
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Prologue to Darkness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Pat Broderick
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Adam Kubert
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Shadow Lass]; Darkseid (cameo)
Synopsis: Mon-El and Shadow Lass investigate a lifeless planet that has drifted into an interstellar space lane. Finding nothing except automated booby-traps, they leave, but on the other side of the planet, an unidentified figure awakes.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga #[First Printing] published November 1989
as Prologue to Darkness [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published January 2010
as Prologue to Darkness [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-8022
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz [as PL]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Legion Outpost
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Mike Turner and Robert A. Buethe.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1981
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 117,038
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 115,738
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019

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