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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes #300
Publication Date: June 1983
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Issues: #300 of 55 Issues (148 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/17/1983
Volume: 35
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893067006
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
9 (7 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Karen Berger
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino (Supergirl); Paris Cullins (Invisible Kid); George Pérez (Colossal Boy); Joe Kubert (Dawnstar); Kurt Schaffenberger (Superboy); José Luis García-López (Sun Boy); Don Heck (White Witch); Jim Aparo (Karate Kid); Jan Duursema (Queen Projectra); Gene Colan (Timber Wolf); Dave Cockrum (Phantom Girl); Walter Simonson (Blok); George Tuska (Star Boy); Jim Sherman (Dream Girl); Howard Chaykin (Brainiac 5); Curt Swan (Ultra Boy); Howard Bender (Wildfire); Keith Giffen (Cosmic Boy, Proty II); Dick Giordano (Saturn Girl); Larry Mahlstedt (Lightning Lad); Gil Kane (Mon-El); Trevor von Eeden (Element Lad); Joe Orlando (Chameleon Boy); Ross Andru (Shadow Lass); Ernie Colón (Duo Damsel); Joe Staton (Bouncing Boy)
Inker(s): Bob Oksner (Supergirl); Paris Cullins (Invisible Kid); George Pérez (Colossal Boy); Joe Kubert (Dawnstar); Kurt Schaffenberger (Superboy); José Luis García-López (Sun Boy); Don Heck (White Witch); Jim Aparo (Karate Kid); Jan Duursema (Queen Projectra); Frank Giacoia (Timber Wolf); Dave Cockrum (Phantom Girl); Walter Simonson (Blok); Mike DeCarlo (Star Boy); Jim Sherman (Dream Girl); Howard Chaykin (Brainiac 5); Curt Swan (Ultra Boy); Dave Hunt (Wildfire); Larry Mahlstedt (Cosmic Boy); Dick Giordano (Saturn Girl); Keith Giffen (Lightning Lad); Gil Kane (Mon-El); Trevor von Eeden (Element Lad); Joe Orlando (Chameleon Boy); Dan Adkins (Proty II); Romeo Tanghal (Shadow Lass); Ernie Colón (Duo Damsel); Joe Staton (Bouncing Boy)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Supergirl; Invisible Kid; Colossal Boy; Dawnstar; Superboy; Sun Boy; White Witch; Karate Kid; Queen Projectra; Timber Wolf; Phantom Girl; Blok; Star Boy; Dream Girl; Brainiac Five; Ultra Boy; Wildfire; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Mon-El; Element Lad; Chameleon Boy; Proty II; Shadow Lass [Shadow Woman]; Duo Damsel; Bouncing Boy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-289
Disclose Notes: The cover of this book was a part of a contest. Readers could try to identify the artist who drew each character. The reader that guessed the most correctly won an autographed page of Giffen/Mahlstedt art from this issue. The contest winner was David C. Zimmerman of St. Louis, MO. Second-prize winners won a Legion poster. Cover credits are credited as revealed in the letter column for Legion of Super-Heroes #306 (December 1983).

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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The Future Is Forever!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Keith Giffen (plot); Paul Levitz (plot, script)
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Element Lad; Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Wildfire; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Shadow Lass [Shadow Woman]; White Witch; Cosmic Boy; Ferro Lad (flashback); Star Boy (cameo); Dream Girl (cameo); Blok (cameo); Dawnstar (cameo); Timber Wolf (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Shrinking Violet (cameo)]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Rond Vidar; Circadia Senius; Douglas Nolan; Queeg; R. J. Brande; Chameleon Boy; Karate Kid (cameo); Queen Projectra (cameo); Bouncing Boy (cameo); Duo Damsel (cameo); Legion of Substitute Heroes (cameo) [Polar Boy; Infectious Lass; Porcupine Pete; Night Girl; Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Stone Boy; Color Kid]; Kid Psycho (cameo); Dr. Gym'll (cameo); Heroes of Lallor (cameo) [Duplicate Boy; Life Lass; Gas Girl; Evolvo Lad]; Shvaughn Erin (cameo); Elastic Lad [Jimmy Olsen] (cameo); Tornado Twins (cameo) [Don Allen; Dawn Allen]; Light Lass (cameo); Matter-Eater Lad (cameo); Wanderers (cameo) [Celebrand; Quantum Queen; Elvo; Ornitho]; Proty II (cameo); Paul Levitz (cameo); Keith Giffen (cameo); Larry Mahlstedt (cameo); John Costanza (cameo); Carl Gafford (cameo); Karen Berger (cameo); Garfield (cameo); Spider-Man (cameo); Batman (in shadow); Broot (cameo); Lenny (cameo); Squiggy (cameo)
Synopsis: As most of the Legion gathers for a celebration ceremony, Mon-El and Shadow Lass fend off a Khund attack on the Science Asteroid while Brainiac 5 and Rond Vidar, at the Time Institute, are trying to help a patient tortured by visions of several alternate futures.
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Pages: 23
Job Number: J-8620
Disclose Notes: Pages 1-5, 12, 18-20, 26, 27, 33, 34, 41, 42, 48-55. The last two pages are a double spread illustration featuring active, reserve and honorary Legion members, supporting characters, and Spider-Man, Garfield (from the daily comic strip), Batman (shadow), Lenny and Squiggy (from the TV series Laverne and Shirley), writer Paul Levitz, penciller Keith Giffen, inker Larry Mahlstedt, and editor Karen Berger.
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The Future Is Forever: First Vision

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Keith Giffen (plot); Paul Levitz (plot, script)
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy (cameo); Bouncing Boy (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo); Brainiac 5 (cameo); Shrinking Violet (cameo)]; Lex Luthor; Lana Lang; Pete Ross
Synopsis: Superboy's Legionnaire friends arrive just in time to foil Lex Luthor's latest plot. Later, Superboy surprises them by resigning, saying that he needs to protect Earth in his own time to honor an oath made to his dying father.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pages 6-11. A tale of the early Legion (pre-Adventure Comics #300), but in which Superboy's parents the Kents died much sooner.
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The Future Is Forever: Second Vision

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Keith Giffen (plot); Paul Levitz (plot, script)
Penciller(s): Howard Bender [as Fortest]
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Light Lass; Chameleon Boy; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Phantom Girl; Duo Damsel; Matter-Eater Lad]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Color Kid; Chlorophyll Lid; Fire Lad; Night Girl; Stone Boy; Polar Boy]; Computo; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord; Saturn Queen; Cosmic King]
Synopsis: Computo teams up with the Legion of Super-Villains to kill seven Legionnaires. The Legion of Substitute Heroes joins the Legion to replace the fallen members.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Pages 13-17. Drawn in the style of John Forte.
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The Future Is Forever: Third Vision

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Keith Giffen (plot); Paul Levitz (plot, script)
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Dan Adkins
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy [Chameleon Man]; Sun Boy [Sun Man]; Element Lad [Element Man]; Karate Kid [Karate King]; Timber Wolf]; Fatal Five [Persuader; Tharok; Validus; Emerald Empress; Mano]
Synopsis: The Adult Legion battles the Fatal Five.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Pages 18-22. Additional members who have died since the first Adult Legion story (Adventure Comics #354-355) include Lightning Man, Saturn Woman, Cosmic Man, Matter-Eater Man, and Queen Projectra.
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The Future Is Forever: Fourth Vision

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Keith Giffen (plot); Paul Levitz (plot, script)
Penciller(s): Dave Cockrum
Inker(s): Dave Cockrum
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Wildfire; Ultra Boy [Ultra Man]; Superman; Colossal Boy [Colossal Man]; Phantom Girl [Phantom Woman]; Element Lad [Element Man]; Tyroc; Chemical King; Sun Boy [Sun Man]]; Thom Kallor [Star Boy]; Nura Kallor [Dream Girl]
Synopsis: An alternate Adult Legion abolishes the Legion code against killing, which leads to Superman's resignation.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Pages 28-32.
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The Future Is Forever: Fifth Vision

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Keith Giffen (plot); Paul Levitz (plot, script)
Penciller(s): James Sherman
Inker(s): James Sherman
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Light Lass; Dream Girl; Princess Projectra; Sun Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Karate Kid; Phantom Girl; Dawnstar; Shadow Lass; Shrinking Violet; Brainiac 5]; Mordru; White Witch
Synopsis: Mordru has conquered Earth but the Legion, with the help of the White Witch, drives him away once more.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pages 35-40.
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The Future Is Forever: Sixth Vision

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Keith Giffen (plot); Paul Levitz (plot, script)
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Wildfire; Lightning Lad; Dream Girl; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Timber Wolf; Karate Kid; Blok; Brainiac 5 (cameo); Ultra Boy (cameo); Phantom Girl (cameo); Shrinking Violet (cameo); Dawnstar]; Matter-Eater Lad (cameo); The Dark Man
Synopsis: Still under the control of the Dark Man, the traitor Blok helps demolish Legion HQ, murdering the entire team.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Pages 43-47.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): George Pérez (logo illustration)
Inker(s): George Pérez (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Legion Outpost
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-1281
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Kevin Hawn; Kevin T. Brown; Steve Bellew; Dave Blanchard.

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