The Legion of Super-Heroes #280 [Newsstand]
(October 1981)

DC, 1980 Series
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Volume
33
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1981-07-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893067010
Editing
Mike W. Barr

Issue Notes

Copyright © 1981 by DC Comics Inc.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #192.
This issue is a variant of The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #280 [Direct].

Call Back Yesterday! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
George Pérez (signed as George Perez)
Inks
George Pérez (signed as George Perez)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; Todd Klein (sourced) (series logo design)
Job Number
C-697
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes: Superboy [Clark Kent]
Legion of Super-Heroes: Blok; Bouncing Boy [Chuck Taine]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Colossal Boy [Gim Allon]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Dawnstar; Dream Girl [Nura Nal]; Duo Damsel [Luornu Durgo]; Element Lad [Jan Arrah]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Light Lass [Ayla Ranzz]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]; Mon-El [Lar Gand]; Phantom Girl [Tinya Wazzo]; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Shadow Lass [Tasmia Mallor]; Shrinking Violet [Salu Digby]; Star Boy [Thom Kallor]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Timber Wolf [Brin Londo]; Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]
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"O! Call Back Yesterday!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Jim Janes (credited)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Bouncing Boy (flashback); Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Dawnstar; Duo Damsel (flashback); Element Lad; Karate Kid; Light Lass; Lightning Lad; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Shadow Lass; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Timber Wolf; Ultra Boy (flashback); Wildfire]; President Marte Allon; Jonathan Kent (flashback, illusion); Martha Kent (flashback, illusion); General Howell; Grimbor (villain); Time Trapper (villain)
Synopsis
Superboy rejoins the Legion of Super-Heroes.
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Lights... Camera... Crime! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

A Special Double-Page Pin-Up of... The Legion of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents: 3)

Legion of Super-Heroes / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Staton (signed)
Inks
Bob Smith (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Bouncing Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Dawnstar; Dream Girl; Duo Damsel; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Light Lass; Lightning Lad; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl; Shadow Lass; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Timber Wolf; Ultra Boy; Wildfire]
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Indexer Notes

This sequence added by Steven Tice.

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

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

Script
Mike W. Barr
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-854

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Greg Gilliarde, James P. Kelly and L.D. Yelverton - and responses from Mike W. Barr.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Call Back Yesterday!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. "O! Call Back Yesterday!"
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. Lights... Camera... Crime!
    Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  4. 3. A Special Double-Page Pin-Up of... The Legion of Super-Heroes
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
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