The Legion of Super-Heroes
#270
[Newsstand]
(December 1980)
DC,
1980 Series
- Volume
- 32
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1980-09-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893067012
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #183.
This issue is a variant of The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #270 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #270 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
Do You Dare Learn the Identity of the Dark Man?
Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- C-447
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Wildfire; Shrinking Violet; Princess Projectra; Colossal Boy; Tharok; Dark Man
- Reprints
-
in Legion Des Super-Heros (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #2 - La Menace de L'Homme Noir (mai 1983) which is reprinted - in Les Géants des Super-Héros (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #7 - Eclair Noir et Batman (juin 1983)
- in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #28 (juillet 1983)
- in Thor (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #26 (juillet 1983)
-
in Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness (DC, 2021 series) #1 (2020 [April 2021])
-
Indexer Notes
Glenn Simpson suggested that Dick Giordano was involved in the cover in some role via the GCD Error List; the Janes-Giordano credits were later confirmed from The Comic Reader #183.
![Cover Thumbnail for The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #270 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/971/w200/971203.jpg?2366931554502429095)
![Cover Thumbnail for The Legion of Super-Heroes (1980 series) #270 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/10/w100/10317.jpg?7847117303064047187)
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Who Is the Dark Man?
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 25 pages
- Job Number
- J-6845
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass; Princess Projectra; Colossal Boy; Shrinking Violet; Mon-El; Wildfire; Timber Wolf; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Light Lass]; Dark Man; Fatal Five [Tharok; Emerald Empress; Mano; Persuader; Validus]; Marte Ida Allon; Wynn Allon; League of Super-Assassins [Silver Slasher; Titania; Blok; Mist Master; Lazon]
- Synopsis
- Super-Assassin Blok agrees to help Timber Wolf and Light Lass find the Dark Man, who is holding several Legionnaires captive.
- Reprints
-
in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #5/1982 (uke 10 1982) [4 pages removed] - in Legion Des Super-Heros (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #2 - La Menace de L'Homme Noir (mai 1983) [-1 page]
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness (DC, 2021 series) #1 (2020 [April 2021])
-
Superman Saves the Weather Satellites!
Hostess Twinkies; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page
[no title indexed]
The Legion Outpost / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-620
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Kent A. Phenis; Kyle Corbin; also includes listing of other DC comics edited by Harris on sale this month
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Do You Dare Learn the Identity of the Dark Man?
Legion of Super-Heroes -
1.
Who Is the Dark Man?
Legion of Super-Heroes -
2.
Superman Saves the Weather Satellites!
Hostess Twinkies; Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
The Legion Outpost
This issue was modified by
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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