Legends #5 [Newsstand]
(March 1987)

DC, 1986 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-12-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893177403
Editing
Mike Gold (editor); Robert Greenberger (coordinating editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #34.
This issue is a variant of Legends (DC, 1986 series) #5 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
John Byrne (signed)
Colors
Tom Ziuko (sourced)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (surrounded by empty costumes of: Batman; Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Superman; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Guy Gardner; Changeling; Flash [Wally West])
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Let Slip the Dogs of War! (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
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Batman; Flash [Wally West]; Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Superman; Phantom Stranger; Robin [Jason Todd]; Macro-Man; Sunspot; Captain Boomerang [George 'Digger' Harkness]; Warhounds; New Gods [Glorious Godfrey [G. Gordon Godfrey]; Darkseid]; Lisa Sutton; President Ronald Reagan
Synopsis
As Darksied's plan has almost reached its conclusion, the heroes rise up in a final standoff vs. Glorious Godfrey (as G. Gordon Godfrey) in Washington, D.C., where he plans a huge rally to crush the heroes once and for all. Billy, realizing things have really gotten worse for the heroes, decides he has to become Captain Marvel once more to aid them.
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Keywords
Apokolips

Indexer Notes

Character information from Thom Jacobson via the Error List.

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

Legends / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Gold (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ali Kokmen, John Judge, Sharan Porper, Steve Johnson, Eric Quartermous, C. Dain Frankonia, John Egan, and Gary Hellen.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Let Slip the Dogs of War!
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Legends
This issue was modified by
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
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