(September 1981)

DC, 1980 Series
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Volume
33
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-05-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike W. Barr (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
George Pérez (signed as George Perez)
Inks
George Pérez (signed as George Perez)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-649
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We've finally unmasked Reflecto --
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes: Superboy [Clark Kent] (disguised as Reflecto)
Legion of Super-Heroes: Blok; Bouncing Boy [Chuck Taine]; Duo Damsel [Luornu Durgo]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]; Mon-El [Lar Gand]; Phantom Girl [Tinya Wazzo]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Timber Wolf [Brin Londo]
Grimbor the Chainsman [Markx Grimbor]
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Indexer Notes

Job number is the same as the cover to the previous issue.

Cover Thumbnail for The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #279 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Legion of Super-Heroes (1980 series) #279 [Newsstand]
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Castle Grimbor Must Fall! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Jim Janes (credited as Jimmy Janes)
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited as G. D'Angelo)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)
Job Number
J-7354
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Princess Projectra; Karate Kid; Colossal Boy; Star Boy; Wildfire; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Duo Damsel; Blok; Phantom Girl; Bouncing Boy; Shadow Lass; Light Lass]; Reflecto [revealed to be Superboy]; Grimbor the Chainsman; Marte Ida Allon
Synopsis
Grimbor's Cosmic Chains continue to constrict Earth's atmosphere but the Legion finally defeats him with the help of Reflecto, whose torn costume reveals a red "S" underneath after he collapses.
Reprints

Wonder Woman versus the Robot Master (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

The Legion Outpost / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Jef Peckham and R. Bigham.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["We've finally unmasked Reflecto --"]
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. Castle Grimbor Must Fall!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. Wonder Woman versus the Robot Master
    Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
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  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Per Sandell
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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