The Legion of Super-Heroes #271 (1981) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Dark Man!	cover	1	pencils: Jimmy Janes; inks: Steve Mitchell; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Light Lass; Wildfire; Saturn Girl]; Dark Man; Tharok; Blok
1	What Is the Dark Man?	comic story	25	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Jimmy Janes; inks: John Calnan; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: John Costanza	Legion of Super-Heroes [Timber Wolf; Light Lass; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Princess Projectra; Wildfire; Mon-El; Shadow Lass; Shrinking Violet]; Dark Man; Fatal Five [Emerald Empress; Mano; The Persuader; Validus; Tharok]; Blok; Marte Allon
3	-	letters page	1	script: Jack C. Harris

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

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893067001
British	price 0.15 GBP

Collection	Year
Elson's Presents Super Heroes Comics #5	1981	On eBay ›
Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness #1 ISBN 978-1-77950-759-4	2021	On eBay ›

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