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Issue: The Best of DC #33
Publication Date: February 1983
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Issues: #33 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/12/1982
Volume: 5
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor); Nicola Cuti (editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 5" x 6.75"
Paper Stock: Glossy cardstock cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Secret Origins of the Legion of Super-Heroes and Some Super-Villains, Too!

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Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Light Lass; Dawnstar; Wildfire; Timber Wolf]; Grimbor; The Infinite Man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: C-251
Disclose Notes: Wrap-around cover.
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Secret Origins of the Legion of Super-Heroes and Some Super-Villains, Too!

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Part I: The Lone Wolf Legionnaire!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Light Lass; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5]; Lone Wolf
Synopsis: While investigating robberies on Zoon, the Legionnaires extend an invitation of membership to Lone Wolf, but he refuses.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #327 published December 1964
was Part I: The Lone Wolf Legionnaire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Part II: The Youth Who Wasn't Human!

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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad]; Lone Wolf
Synopsis: Lone Wolf reveals that he refused membership because he is an android, but the Legion discovers he is not what he thinks.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #327 published December 1964
was Part I: The Lone Wolf Legionnaire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The One-Shot Hero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Chemical King; Shrinking Violet; Mon-El; Princess Projectra; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Bouncing Boy]; Erg-1
Synopsis: Erg-1 is rejected for membership in the Legion when he refuses to demonstrate his unique power.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #195 published June 1973
was The One-Shot Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Dawnstar Rising

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #240 published June 1978
was Dawnstar Rising [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-8523
Disclose Notes: Origin of Dawnstar.
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Brotherly Hate!

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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Timber Wolf; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]; Superboy; Lightning Lord; R. J. Brande
Synopsis: Lightning Lad, Light Lass, and Timber Wolf track down Lightning Lord.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #172 published March 1971
was Brotherly Hate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story includes short retellings of the Legion origin story from Superboy #147 (with the original members erroneously in their current costumes) and the Lightning Lad/Lightning Lass/Lightning Lord origin. In the fight to subdue him, Lightning Lord's hair is turned white, as it had already appeared in the adult Legion stories.
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The Trillion-Dollar Trophies, Part 1: The Living Key

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #221 published November 1976
was The Trillion-Dollar Trophies, Part 1: The Living Key [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Origin of Grimbor.
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[The Trillion-Dollar Trophies] Chapter 2: Charma and the Chain-Maker

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #221 published November 1976
was [The Trillion-Dollar Trophies] Chapter 2: Charma and the Chain-Maker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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[The Trillion-Dollar Trophies] Part 3: Divided and Conquered

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #221 published November 1976
was [The Trillion-Dollar Trophies] Part 3: Divided and Conquered [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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The Infinite Man Who Conquered the Legion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #233 published November 1977
was The Infinite Man Who Conquered the Legion! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 24
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The Origins and Powers of the Legionnaires

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagAll-New Collectors' Edition #C-55 published March 1978
was The Origins and Powers of the Legionnaires [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Cover - Superboy & the Legion Super-Heroes #233

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #233 published November 1977
was The Attack of the Infinite Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Cover - Superboy #221

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #221 published November 1976
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Cover - Adventure Comics #327

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy; Jonathan Kent
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #327 published December 1964
was The Menace of Superboy's Father! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Camelot 3000
First Line: It was foretold that England's greatest champion...
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Pages: 1
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The Story Behind the Stories

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Discussion of the stories in the issue.

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