(August 1981)
- Volume:
- 33
- Price:
- 0.50 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Mike W. Barr
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; saddle-stitched (squarebound #300); was ongoing series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
Who Is Reflecto?
Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- George Perez (signed)
- Inks:
- George Perez (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number:
- C-649
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Reflecto; Timber Wolf; Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Light Lass]
- Reprints:
- in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #5/1982 (Mai 1982)
Indexer Notes
Job number is the same as the cover to the following issue.
We Don't Rest on Our Laurels!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- various (illustrations)
- Inks:
- various (illustrations)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
House advertisement for "The New DC - Where the Action Keeps On Coming!"
Tragedy at the Top of the World!
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 25 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gerry Conway (plot); Roy Thomas (script)
- Pencils:
- Jimmy Janes (breakdowns); Bruce Patterson (finished art)
- Inks:
- Bruce Patterson
- Colors:
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters:
- Todd Klein
- Job Number:
- J-7247
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Duo Damsel; Cosmic Boy; Wildfire; Timber Wolf; Light Lass; Blok; Karate Kid; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy; Mon-El; Princess Projectra; Bouncing Boy; Shadow Lass]; Reflecto; Grimbor the Chainsman; Marte Ida Allon
- Synopsis:
- The Legion must battle Grimbor, who accuses them of having caused Charma's death, while all the time Grimbor's Cosmic Chains are drawing ever tighter around Earth.
- Reprints:
- in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #5/1982 (Mai 1982)
Indexer Notes
Brainiac 5 and Dream Girl appear on the Legion Roll Call on the splash page, but not in the story, while Shadow Lass is omitted from the Roll Call.
Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits
Superman; Hostess Fruit Pie / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Vince Colletta
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman
- Synopsis:
- A group of thieves use laughing gas (laced with Kryptonite!) to disorient their victims and keep Superman away, but the Man of Steel tricks them with Fruit Pies.
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies. Copyright © 1981 Continental Baking Company.
["Dear Jack, LEGION #272 brings us another..."]
The Legion Outpost / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Roy Thomas (letter replies); Mike W. Barr [as MWB] (Next Issue box)
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Mike Blake, Fred Averich, and Pat Estes.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
We Don't Rest on Our Laurels!
-
2.
Tragedy at the Top of the World!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
3.
Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits
Superman; Hostess Fruit Pie -
4.
["Dear Jack, LEGION #272 brings us another..."]
The Legion Outpost
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Ramon Schenk
- Dwayne Best
- Mike Nielsen
- Benjamin Beck
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
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