The Legion of Super-Heroes #261 (1980) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Circus of Death	cover	1	pencils: Dick Giordano; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Todd Klein	Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Princess Projectra; Timber Wolf; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Phantom Girl]
1	Space Circus of Death!	comic story	17	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Ric Estrada; inks: John Calnan; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Todd Klein	Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Princess Projectra; Timber Wolf; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Phantom Girl]; Aton Gissark; Imik the Juggler; Assistant Manager Clovis; Tyrus
3	It's a Double Celebration	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Gaspar Saladino
4	Stuff Your Stocking with Excitement!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: José Luis García-López; inks: José Luis García-López
5	-	letters page	1	script: JCH
6	Volume 79 Issue 52 - September 7, 1979 - Sports Section	in-house column	1	pencils: Dave Manak; inks: Dave Manak

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Whitman	See the GCD record for identification notes.
British	price 0.15 GBP

Collection	Year
Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness #1 ISBN 978-1-77950-759-4	2021	On eBay ›

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