Legends #1 [Direct]
(November 1986)

DC, 1986 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
48
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-08-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike Gold (editor); Robert Greenberger (coordinating editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #30.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
John Byrne (signed)
Colors
Tom Ziuko (signed as Ziuko)
Letters
Todd Klein (logo design); ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The epic of the century-- --starts right here!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Darkseid; Brimstone; Macro-Man; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond]]; Flash [Wally West]; Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]
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Indexer Notes

Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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Once Upon a Time...! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
John Ostrander (plot); Len Wein (script)
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Karl Kesel
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
Steven Haynie
Job Number
G-2675
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Wally West]; Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Justice League of America [Vibe; Elongated Man; Martian Manhunter; Vixen; Gypsy [Cindy Reynolds]; Steel [Hank Heywood III]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond]]; Darkseid; Desaad; Glorious Godfrey [G. Gordon Godfrey]; Dr. Bedlam; Brimstone; Macro-Man (deceased); Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Professor Martin Stein; Dr. Jenet Klyburn; Colonel Rick Flag; Amanda Waller
Synopsis
Darkseid begins a plan to destroy the legends of Earth's superheroes. Creating the monstrous villain Brimstone, he uses it to attack the current Justice League (led by Martian Manhunter), and defeats them. Firestorm absorbs his powers to weaken the monster, but it will return again later to attack once more. Meanwhile, Shazam! fights Macro-Man, and accidentally kills him, causing Billy to revert to normal and swear not to use his powers ever again.
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Indexer Notes

1st appearance G. Gordon Godfrey and post-Crisis Captain Marvel. Character information from Thom Jacobson via the Error List.

Uncover a Mask Adventure (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

M.A.S.K. / advertisement / 8.5 pages (report information)

Secret of the Temple (Table of Contents: 3)

M.A.S.K. / comic story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Orlando (credited) (story); Joey Cavalieri (credited) (script)
Pencils
José Delbo (credited)
Inks
Pablo Marcos (credited)
Colors
Shelley Eiber (credited)
Letters
Agustin Más (credited)
Editing
Joey Cavalieri (credited)
Genre
adventure

The Making of a Comic Book (Table of Contents: 4)

Legends / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Gold
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2501

Indexer Notes

How the Legends series was started.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The epic of the century-- --starts right here!"]
  2. 1. Once Upon a Time...!
  3. 2. Uncover a Mask Adventure
    M.A.S.K.
  4. 3. Secret of the Temple
    M.A.S.K.
  5. 4. The Making of a Comic Book
    Legends
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