The Legion of Super-Heroes #306 [Newsstand]
(December 1983)

DC, 1980 Series
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Volume
35
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-09-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893067012
Editing
Karen Berger

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #306 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Special Spotlight on.. Star Boy! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Keith Giffen (signed as Giffen)
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin (sourced)
Letters
?
Job Number
C-489
Genre
superhero
Characters
Star Boy [Thom Kallor]
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Born under a Lucky Star (Table of Contents: 1)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Keith Giffen (credited) (plot); Paul Levitz (credited) (plot, script)
Pencils
Keith Giffen (credited) (pp. 1, 2, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 23); Curt Swan (credited) (pp. 3, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 13, 14, 16-18, 20, 21)
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt (credited)
Colors
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes: Superboy [Clark Kent / Kal-El] (flashback)
Legion of Super-Heroes: Colossal Boy [Gim Allon]; Dream Girl [Nura Nal]; Element Lad [Jan Arrah]; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Mon-El (flashback); Star Boy [Thom Kallor]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (flashback); Triplicate Girl [Luornu Durgo] (flashback); Ultra Boy [Jo Nah] (flashback); Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]
Fryd Kallor (flashback); Mira Kallor (flashback); Lt. Kimball Zendak (flashback); Gigi Cusimano (flashback); Golgoth (flashback); Kenz Nuhor (flashback); Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Fire Lad] (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Star Boy recounts his history with the Legion to Wildfire as they wait for the Legion Leader election results.
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Indexer Notes

Element Lad is elected Legion Leader.

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

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

Script
Paul Levitz (credited); Karen Berger (credited)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1416

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Jeff Rabkin, Ralph Lenco, and Steve Gallor.

Page also includes contest results for identifying the multiple cover artists on issue #300 (first prize to David C. Zimmermann) and vote totals for the Legion election (Element Lad wins with 77 votes).

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Special Spotlight on.. Star Boy!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. Born under a Lucky Star
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
  4. 3. ["Warning: Reading this column may be hazardous to your comic reading enjoyment."]
    Meanwhile...
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Steven Samuels
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