(January 1981)

DC, 1981 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[The Past ...Seen Darkly] (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Janes (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-482
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stop! If you activate that computer, you'll expose the Legion's darkest secret!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy]; Arlayn
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Cover Thumbnail for Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1981 series) #1 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes (1981 series) #1 [Newsstand]
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The Past ...Seen Darkly (Table of Contents: 1)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell (plot); Paul Kupperberg (script)
Pencils
Jim Janes (breakdowns); Frank Chiaramonte (finished art)
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
J-6901
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Legion of Super-Heroes [Tyroc; Superboy; Supergirl; Brainiac 5; Light Lass (origin as Lightning Lass); Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Chameleon Boy (origin); Dream Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad (origin); Saturn Girl (origin); Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy (origin); Wildfire; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy (origin); Sun Boy; Element Lad; Dawnstar; Timber Wolf; White Witch; Triplicate Girl (origin); Phantom Girl (origin); Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg] (cameo, flashback); Star Boy [Thom Kallor] (origin, flashback)] (origin); R.J. Brande; Hu Krin (cameo, flashback); Ewa Krin (cameo, flashback); Lightning Lord [as Mekt Ranzz] (cameo, flashback, origin); Lucifer Seven (flashback); Marla Latham; Arlayn
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Indexer Notes

Story continues in the next issue.

Aquaman and the Space Capsule (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Inside the Legion of Super-Heroes / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-674
Genre
superhero
Synopsis
Lists Legionnaires (through Blok) in order of induction, along with first appearance.
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Past ...Seen Darkly]
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. The Past ...Seen Darkly
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. Aquaman and the Space Capsule
    Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Inside the Legion of Super-Heroes
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