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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes #259
Publication Date: January 1980
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Issues: #259 of 55 Issues (148 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/23/1979
Volume: 32
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893067001
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #173.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched; Squarebound (#300)
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Psycho War

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; Todd Klein (series logo design)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Princess Projectra; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Brainiac 5; Shadow Lass; Colossal Boy; Dawnstar; Wildfire; Phantom Girl]
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #5/1980 published May 1980
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #4/1981 published January 1981
as Superboy forlater Rommets Helter? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-219
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Psycho War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Dave Hunt
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Wildfire; Shadow Lass; Chameleon Boy; Karate Kid; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Superboy (leaves)]; R. J. Brande; The Psycho-Warrior [Rejis Thomak] (villain); Superman Museum; Martha Kent (dream); Jonathan Kent (dream)
Synopsis: The Legion battles the Psycho-Warrior, a man driven mad by an accident in space that gave him fantastic mental powers. After the villain shows Superboy how his parents will die, Superboy decides to leave the Legion because every time he returns to the 30th century he will remember that terrible moment.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #5/1980 published May 1980
as Gehirn Krieg [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #4/1981 published January 1981
as Psykokrigen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1 removed
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-6218
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1977 series) #258.
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The Rescue

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]
Synopsis: Superman saves an alien ship from crash-landing, then shares some Twinkies with the new arrivals.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: copyright © 1979 Continental Baking Company
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Double Dynamite!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko; Dave Cockrum
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Starman; Plastic Man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Adventure Comics (DC, 1937 series) #467, on sale October 25
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One Mighty Magazine Is Now Two!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano; Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Dick Giordano; Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #259 and The New Adventures of Superboy (DC, 1980 series) #1, both on sale October 25
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Green Lantern Goes Solo!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Gil Kane ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Green Lantern (DC, 1976 series) #123
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris [as JCH]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Legion Outpost
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-392
Disclose Notes: letters submitted by Tamsyn O'Flynn; Fred Morgan; Ian Niclo
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Volume 79 Issue 43 - Week of October 21, 1979

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Fred Hembeck
Penciller(s): ?; Fred Hembeck
Inker(s): ?; Fred Hembeck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; Fred Hembeck
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daily Planet
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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