Superboy
#209
(June 1975)
DC,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 27
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly (with the exception of May, July, Nov., Jan.)
- On-sale date
- 1975-03-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.; Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- Newsprint
- Binding
- Saddle-Stitched; Squarebound (#129, 138, 147, 156, 165, 185, 202, 205, 208)
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #116.
Who Will Save the Princess?
Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mike Grell (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Grell (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-2453
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra
- Reprints
-
in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1976 ([januar] 1976) -
in Super Heroes Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #3 ([September 1976] ?) -
in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 (2001) - in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #5 ([December] 2014)
-
in Stålpojken (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #12/1975 -
in Superboy en het Legioen der Super-Helden (Classics/Williams, 1975 series) #2
-
Who Can Save the Princess?
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jim Shooter
- Pencils
- Mike Grell (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Grell (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- B-2408
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Timber Wolf [Brin Londo]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Princess Projectra [Projectra Wind'zzor]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Superboy [Kal-El]]; Duo Damsel [Lluornu Durgo Taine]
- Synopsis
- The Legionnaires must siphon off Princess Projectra's pain in order to allow her to survive the Pain Plague.
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #18/1975 (30. August 1975) - in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1976 ([januar] 1976)
- in Super Heroes Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #3 ([September 1976] ?)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 (2001)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #5 ([December] 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives.
Duo Damsel is stated to be a Legion Reservist. Karate Kid is shown changing from his Silver Age outfit to the Bronze Age one.
Hero for a Day
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- Mike Grell
- Inks
- Mike Grell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- B-2421
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Shrinking Violet [Salu Digby]; Star Boy [Thom Kallor]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Chemical King [Condo Arlik]]; Flynt Brojj
- Synopsis
- While giving a tour to a special fan, the Legion receives a dangerous Witch Wolf. When the Legionnaires fail to subdue the animal, Flynt Brojj realizes that the Legionnaires are victims of a mass hypnotic spell.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #24/1975 (22. November 1975)
- in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #3/1976 ([mars] 1976)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 (2001)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #5 ([December] 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives.
The character of Flynt Brojj was named for two Legion fans, Mike Flynn and Harry Broertjes, who produced the Legion Outpost fanzine.
[no title indexed]
Super-Talk / letters page / 0.67 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff; Jim Shooter
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-2452
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Editor's Note: Dust off the welcome mat!
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Synopsis
- Boltinoff tells how Jim Shooter came to write the Legion again and includes a short autobiographical essay by Shooter.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1974.
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 225,427.
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 260,480.
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Who Will Save the Princess?
Legion of Super-Heroes -
1.
The Spy
Superman; Hostess Fruit Pies -
2.
Who Can Save the Princess?
Legion of Super-Heroes -
3.
Hero for a Day
Legion of Super-Heroes -
4.
["Editor's Note: Dust off the welcome mat!"]
Super-Talk -
5.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Mike Nielsen
- Jerry Hillegas
- Jim Van Dore
- Dwayne Best
- Per Sandell
- Steve Coates
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- Bob Hughes
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