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Issue: The Super Heroes #3
Publication Date: December 1981
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Issues: #3 of 19 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEgmont UK
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Indicia Publisher: London Editions Magazines
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN:
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Price: £40.00 GBP
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Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Vanessa Morgan
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour Cover; Black and White Interior
Dimensions: Magazine Size; 8.5" x 11"
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bryan Talbot (painted)
Inker(s): Bryan Talbot (painted)
Colorist(s): Bryan Talbot (painted)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): DC Super Heroes
Character(s): Batman; Santa Claus
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Pages: 1
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Wanted: Santa Claus -- Dead or Alive!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Frank Miller
Inker(s): Steve Mitchell
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Matty Lasko; Boomer Katz; Mister Jackson; "Fats" Morgan; Al; Louie
First Line: Christmas Eve in Gotham: First, a layer of pale snow had touched the city, and now sleet slants across the streets from the North...
Synopsis: Batman stops a mob from stealing the day's receipts from a department store with the help of Boomer Katz, a paroled robber, and the light from a Nativity star.
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From Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #21 published January 1980
was Wanted: Santa Claus -- Dead or Alive! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Original story in color. Set in Gotham City at Christmas Eve.
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Star Light, Star Bright... Farthest Star I See Tonight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): José Luis García-López [as Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez]
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Phantom Girl [Tinya Wazzo]; Mon-El; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr] (cameo); Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna] (cameo); Princess Projectra (cameo); Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle] (cameo); Colossal Boy [Gim Allen] (cameo); Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]]
First Line: The year is 2979 A.D., the city is Metropolis, the planet Earth. And the flying figure is, of course, Superboy, breaking the time barrier to visit the most extraordinary band of heroic youths in the galaxy...
Synopsis: Superboy convinces the Legion of Super-Heroes to go searching for the star that shown over Bethlehem during Jesus' birth on Christmas Eve.
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From Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #21 published January 1980
was Star Light, Star Bright... Farthest Star I See Tonight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
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Pages: 12
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A Date With DC Part 2: 1961~'81

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Prockter
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: A look at the important dates in DC Comics' history from 1961 up to 1981.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Text article with multiple cover illustrations.
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"The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Justice League of America
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen] (Cameo); The Atom [Ray Palmer] (Cameo); Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (Cameo); Black Canary [Dina Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Red Tornado [John Smith](new costume); Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (Cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Phantom Stranger (cameo) (all as the Justice League of America/JLA); Sue Dibny (cameo); Iris Allen (cameo); Mera (cameo); Kathy Sutton (cameo); Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Santa Simpson; Eric Russell (Iris's father); Fran Russell (Iris's Mother); The Key (villain)
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From Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #110 published March 1974
was The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Original story in color.
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Ask the Answer Man!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Bryan Talbot (painted)
Inker(s): Bryan Talbot (painted)
Colorist(s): Bryan Talbot (painted)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): DC Super Heroes
Character(s): Batman; Santa Claus
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover. Same image as front cover without title logos.

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