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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes #297
Publication Date: March 1983
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Issues: #297 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: 11/30/1982
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: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Karen Berger (editor)
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (signed)
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Cosmic Boy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-215
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Mettle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Keith Giffen (plot); Paul Levitz (plot, script)
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Timber Wolf; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl (flashback); Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl]; Night Girl; Cyfril; Matter-Eater Lad; Dr. Gym'll; Hu Krinn (flashback); Ewa Krinn (flashback); Pol Krinn (flashback); R. J. Brande (flashback); Dr. Chang; Chameleon Boy
Synopsis: After Cosmic Boy's mother dies from injuries sustained in a bombing, he goes after the men responsible and nearly kills them before restraining himself.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: J-8483
Disclose Notes: Legion origin retold.

There is no title printed in the story, however the previous issue (#295) lists the next issue title as "Mettle."
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Meanwhile...
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Pages: 1
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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: 1
Job Number: L-1197
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Kent A. Phenis; A. Goodwin; Andrew MacLaney.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robin Snyder
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Cosmic Boy; Paul Levitz
First Line: Hi there! Rokk Krinn, resident 20th Century history buff...
Synopsis: Ostensibly a biography of Keith Giffen, narrated by Cosmic Boy.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-1197
Disclose Notes: Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List.

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