(March 1983)

DC, 1980 Series
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Volume
35
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-11-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Karen Berger (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Keith Giffen (signed)
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-215
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cosmic Boy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Cover Thumbnail for The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #297 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Legion of Super-Heroes (1980 series) #297 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Legion of Super-Heroes (1980 series) #297 [Canadian]
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[Mettle] (Table of Contents: 1)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Keith Giffen (plot); Paul Levitz (plot, script)
Pencils
Keith Giffen
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
J-8483
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Timber Wolf; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl (flashback); Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl]; Night Girl; Cyfril; Matter-Eater Lad; Dr. Gym'll; Hu Krinn (flashback); Ewa Krinn (flashback); Pol Krinn (flashback); R. J. Brande (flashback); Dr. Chang; Chameleon Boy
Synopsis
After Cosmic Boy's mother dies from injuries sustained in a bombing, he goes after the men responsible and nearly kills them before restraining himself.
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Indexer Notes

Legion origin retold.

There is no title printed in the story, however the previous issue (#295) lists the next issue title as "Mettle."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

The Legion Outpost / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1197

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Kent A. Phenis; A. Goodwin; Andrew MacLaney.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Robin Snyder
Pencils
Keith Giffen
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
L-1197
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi there! Rokk Krinn, resident 20th Century history buff...
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Cosmic Boy; Paul Levitz
Synopsis
Ostensibly a biography of Keith Giffen, narrated by Cosmic Boy.

Indexer Notes

Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List. This sequence added by Steven Tice.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. [Mettle]
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
  5. 4. ["Hi there! Rokk Krinn, resident 20th Century history buff..."]
    Legion of Super-Heroes
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  • Lou Mazzella
  • Jason Sacks
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