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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes #295
Publication Date: January 1983
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Issues: #295 of 55 Issues (148 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/28/1982
Volume: 35
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Karen Berger (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Atari Force insert included in other January 1983 DC Comics is missing from this issue.
At the bottom of page 13 is a note that "story continues after special insert" and cover has an Atari TM near the UPC.
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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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The Origin of the Universe File!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (signed)
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Keith Giffen ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Cosmic Boy; Colossal Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl]; Green Lantern Corps
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published January 2010
as The Legion of Super-Heroes #295 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-183
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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The Origin of the Universe File--

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Keith Giffen (plot); Paul Levitz (plot, script)
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (pp. 1-2, 6, 12, 21-23); Howard Bender (pp. 3-5, 7-11, 13-20)
Inker(s): Dave Hunt
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Timber Wolf; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy (flashback); Saturn Girl (flashback); Lightning Lad (flashback); Colossal Boy (flashback); Triplicate Girl (flashback)]; Circadia Senius (flashback); Guardians of the Universe (flashback); Green Lantern Corps (flashback); Krona (flashback in a flashback); Green Lantern [Vidar; Universo] (flashback)
Synopsis: Blok and Timber Wolf review the files of an early Legion adventure where they encountered the Green Lantern Corps and the Guardians of the Universe.
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In Content Item: FlagLegion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published January 2010
as The Origin of the Universe File-- [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: J-8417
Disclose Notes: Flashback pages of this story were drawn by Bender and Hunt to suggest Curt Swan's style.
Two of the three Green Lanterns in this story appear to be from Xudar and Durla, respectively.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Legion Outpost
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-1136
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Roger Tang; Greg Whitmore; Tommie Dunham; Kenneth R. Holdren; David Anderson; Kevin T. Brown.
Also includes Legion Roll Call - alphabetical listing of Legionnaires with brief descriptions (this issue: Shadow Lass through Wildfire, plus Legion Honorary Members and Substitute Heroes)

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