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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes #291
Publication Date: September 1982
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Issues: #291 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: 05/25/1982
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: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Laurie Sutton (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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Cover, Front
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A Sign of Darkness Dawning!

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 [Wildfire; Dawnstar; Timber Wolf; Element Lad; Brainiac 5]; Mordru
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 #291 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-957
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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...A Sign of Darkness Dawning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Larry Mahlstedt (finished art)
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Annette Kawecki
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Dream Girl; Shadow Lass; Element Lad; Chameleon Boy; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Timber Wolf; Sun Boy; Star Boy; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Dawnstar; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Wildfire; Blok; Superboy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad (cameo)]; Darkseid; Servants of Darkness [Superman (Clone); Orion (clone); Kalibak (Clone); Guardian of the Universe (Clone); Lydea Mallor (Clone)]; Mordru; Time Trapper; White Witch
Synopsis: The Servants of Darkness drain the power from Legion enemies Mordru and the Time Trapper, demonstrating their superiority over the Legion.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga #[First Printing] published November 1989
as ...A Sign of Darkness Dawning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published January 2010
as ...A Sign of Darkness Dawning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: J-8260
Disclose Notes: "Chapter 2 of the Great Darkness Saga"
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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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-1069
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Andrew J. MacLaney and Wallace Lee Hopkins.
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Of Leaders and Lovers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Howard Bender (breakdowns); Rodin Rodriguez (finished art)
Inker(s): Rodin Rodriguez
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy]; Servant of Darkness [Lydea Mallor (clone)]
Synopsis: The three Legion founders defeat one of the Servants of Darkness and learn that Dream Girl has been elected Legion leader.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-8261
Disclose Notes: This story is redrawn for the Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga (DC, 1989 series) collection.

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