(December 1981)

DC, 1980 Series
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Volume
33
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-09-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike W. Barr (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
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
C-736
Genre
superhero
Characters
Ultra Boy; Dawnstar; Phantom Girl; Superboy; Time Trapper
Reprints

If Answers There Be... (Table of Contents: 1)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (plot); Paul Levitz (script)
Pencils
Jim Janes
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-7430
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Karate Kid; Blok; Phantom Girl; Superboy [also appears as Reflecto in flashback]; Dawnstar; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Insect Queen [Lana Lang]; Cosmic Boy (cameo); Wildfire (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo); Shadow Lass (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Brainiac 5 (cameo); Chameleon Boy (cameo); Element Lad (cameo flashback); Mon-El (cameo flashback)]; Time Trapper; Chief Douglas Parker; Major Crawford
Synopsis
Phantom Girl, Superboy, and Dawnstar find a comatose Ultra Boy suspended between dimensions. When they revive him he tells them how his consciousness created the Reflecto identity, then took over Superboy's mind for a period of time. Now with the help of Ultra Boy and Insect Queen, the Time Trapper is defeated.
Reprints

Penguins on Parade (Table of Contents: 2)

The Penguin; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Synopsis
Distracted by Hostess Fruit Pies, the Penguin is easily caught by the police.
Keywords
Gotham City police; penguins; puppets; robbery; sword; umbrellas

Indexer Notes

Copyright © 1981 Continental Baking Company.

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

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

Script
Paul Levitz ?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-877

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Mark Lagasse; Al Shroeder III; Andrew Gold.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. If Answers There Be...
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. Penguins on Parade
    The Penguin; Hostess Fruit Pies
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore