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Issue: Superboy #209
Publication Date: June 1975
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Issues: #209 of 230 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/11/1975
Volume: 27
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #116.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#129, 138, 147, 156, 165, 185, 202, 205, 208)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Who Will Save the Princess?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #1/1976 published January 1976
as Hvem kan redde prinsessen? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Heroes Album #3 published September 1976
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #11 published October 2001
as Who Will Save the Princess? [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2453
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The Spy

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
Synopsis: Superman keeps his secret identity from being exposed thanks to Hostess Fruit Pies.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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Who Can Save the Princess?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Timber Wolf [Brin Londo]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Princess Projectra [Projectra Wind'zzor]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Superboy [Kal-El]]; Duo Damsel [Lluornu Durgo Taine]
Synopsis: The Legionnaires must siphon off Princess Projectra's pain in order to allow her to survive the Pain Plague.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #18/1975 published August 1975
as Wer rettet die Prinzessin? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #1/1976 published January 1976
as Hvem kan redde prinsessen? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Heroes Album #3 published September 1976
as Who Can Save the Princess? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #11 published October 2001
as Who Can Save the Princess? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: B-2408
Disclose Notes: Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives.

Duo Damsel is stated to be a Legion Reservist. Karate Kid is shown changing from his Silver Age outfit to the Bronze Age one.
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Hero for a Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Shrinking Violet [Salu Digby]; Star Boy [Thom Kallor]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Chemical King [Condo Arlik]]; Flynt Brojj
Synopsis: While giving a tour to a special fan, the Legion receives a dangerous Witch Wolf. When the Legionnaires fail to subdue the animal, Flynt Brojj realizes that the Legionnaires are victims of a mass hypnotic spell.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #24/1975 published November 1975
as Held für einen Tag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #3/1976 published March 1976
as Helt - for én dag! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #11 published October 2001
as Hero for a Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-2421
Disclose Notes: Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives.

The character of Flynt Brojj was named for two Legion fans, Mike Flynn and Harry Broertjes, who produced the Legion Outpost fanzine.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
First Line: Editor's Note: Dust off the welcome mat!
Synopsis: Boltinoff tells how Jim Shooter came to write the Legion again and includes a short autobiographical essay by Shooter.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Job Number: B-2452
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1974.
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 225,427.
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 260,480.
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019.

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