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Issue: The Best of DC #24
Publication Date: May 1982
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Issues: #24 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/04/1982
Volume: 4
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893173005
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
15 (8 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Mike W. Barr (editor)
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1982 DC Comics Inc.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #199.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest (5" x 6.75")
Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Murder in Glass!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Light Lass; Shadow Lass; Cosmic Boy]; President Marte Allon
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Pages: 1
Job Number: C-866
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Best of DC -- The Legion of Super-Heroes

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Chapter 1: Murder in Glass

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Karate Kid; Wildfire]; President Marte Allon
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Pages: 5
Job Number: J-8023
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Chapter 2: The Colossal Failure!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5]; Chemical King (intro); Legion Academy (intro); Pollor; Gorko; Mr. Allon; Marte Allon
Synopsis: Colossal Boy's parents are kidnapped, forcing him to betray the Legion.
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Pages: 11
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Chapter 3: School for Super-Villains!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Shrinking Violet; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy]; Legion Academy; Chemical King; Timber Wolf
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Chapter 3, Part II: Robbing and Recking and Rotten Tricks!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Timber Wolf (joins); Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Chemical King (joins); Duo Damsel (cameo); Star Boy (cameo); Phantom Girl (cameo); Karate Kid (image)]; Legion of Super-Villains [Spider Girl; Radiation Roy; Ronn Kar; Lightning Lord; Tarik the Mute; Nemesis Kid]; Mr. Allon; Marte Allon
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Chapter 4: Murder in Glass

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Karate Kid (cameo); Wildfire (cameo)]; President Marte Allon; Tarik's android
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Meet the Legion!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Bouncing Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Dawnstar; Dream Girl; Duo Damsel; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Light Lass; Lightning Lad; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Shadow Lass; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Timber Wolf; Ultra Boy; Wildfire; Chemical King (statue); Ferro Lad (statue); Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg] (statue)]
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Illustrations and descriptions of Legion members, headquarters, and cruiser.
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Invisible Invader!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Chemical King; Invisible Kid; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Cosmic Boy]; Superboy (cameo)
Synopsis: Chemical King and Invisible Kid have to work together to thwart a criminal who has duplicated Invisible Kid's invisibility serum.
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The Ghost of Ferro Lad!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Sun Boy; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy]; Ferro Lad (ghost); Pol Krinn
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Part II: The Phantom's Revenge!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Sun Boy; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El (cameo); Duo Damsel (cameo); Ultra Boy (cameo); Phantom Girl (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Light Lass (cameo)]; Ferro Lad (ghost); Controller
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Pages: 10
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Star-Spanning Adventure...and Danger

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Genres: superhero
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Legion of Super-Heroes #287 (May 1982). Rough copy of cover is depicted.
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They Battle for a Planet's Throne...and Their Lives!

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Disclose Notes: Promo for Legion of Super-Heroes #288 (June 1982). Rough copy of cover is depicted.
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Swamp Thing Is Back!

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Character(s): Swamp Thing
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for Swamp Thing #1, on sale February 11, 1982.
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3 Classic Legion Adventures

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Princess Projectra; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Sun Boy; Invisible Kid; Chemical King]; Ferro Lad (ghost)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrations and descriptions of inside content.

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