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Issue: The Legion of Super-Heroes #272
Publication Date: February 1981
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Issues: #272 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: (not set)
Volume: 33
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Who Will Be the Newest Member of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blok; Wildfire; Nightwind; Crystal Kid; Lamprey
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDie großen Superhelden #3 published January 1981
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie großen Superhelden #3 published January 1981
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-487
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The Secret Origin of Blok!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Wildfire; Sun Boy; Dawnstar; Lightning Lad; Superboy (flashback); Light Lass (flashback); Shadow Lass (flashback); Ultra Boy (flashback); Timber Wolf (flashback); Mon-El (cameo); Cosmic Boy (cameo); Colossal Boy (cameo); Chameleon Boy (cameo)]; Blok; Nightwind [Berta Haris] (introduction); Lamprey [Tayla Skott] (introduction); Crystal Kid [Bobb Kohan] (introduction); Starburst Bandits; Science Police
Synopsis: Wildfire and Dawnstar are testing four Legion Academy recruits to see which will join the Legion. As former enemy Blok recounts his origin, the team is called to recapture the escaped Starburst Bandits. Blok is admitted to the team for stopping the villains single-handedly.
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In Content Item: FlagDie großen Superhelden #3 published January 1981
as Ein Fels bewährt sich [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #7/1982 published January 1982
as Bloks historie [Story on Interior Page(s)]3 pages removed
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 25
Job Number: J-6846
Disclose Notes: Legion Academy members Nightwind, Lamprey, and Crystal Kid were created by readers Rob Harris, Scott Taylor, and Robert Cohen, whose submissions were first published in the Amazing World of DC Comics fanzine.
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Who Are the Heroes?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Chris King [the Moth; Mega Boy]; Vicki Grant [Futura; Sunspot]; Flying Buttress; Roger Dunbar; Brad Mann; Greg King; Liz King; Gary King
Synopsis: New student Chris King meets Vicki Grant at school who tells him that the house his parents bought is rumored to be haunted. They find two mysterious dials in the attic which enable them to turn into super-heroes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Special Preview Insert between pages 13 & 14 of main story.

Heroes and villains are based on reader submissions: Futura (Jim Simpers); the Moth (Danny Vozzo); Mega Boy (David Cason); Sunspot (Shawn Sherman); Flying Buttress (Steve Mattson).

Feature continues in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #479.

Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Aquaman and the Space Capsule

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Mera; Aqualad [Garth]
Synopsis: The Aqua-Family rescues two astronauts from a sinking spacecraft.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1980 Continental Baking Company.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-656
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Todd Horton; Steve Mayo; Scott Katz. Also includes listing of other DC comics edited by Harris on sale this month.

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