Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #1 (1981) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Past ...Seen Darkly	cover	1	pencils: Jim Janes; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Gaspar Saladino	The Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy]; Arlayn
1	The Past ...Seen Darkly	comic story	25	script: E. Nelson Bridwell, Paul Kupperberg; pencils: Jim Janes, Frank Chiaramonte; inks: Frank Chiaramonte; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Ben Oda	The Legion of Super-Heroes [Tyroc; Superboy; Supergirl; Brainiac 5; Light Lass (origin as Lightning Lass); Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Chameleon Boy (origin); Dream Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad (origin); Saturn Girl (origin); Shadow Lass; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy (origin); Wildfire; Shrinking Violet; Co
3	Inside the Legion of Super-Heroes	text article	1	script: JCH

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

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893065201
British	price 0.15 GBP

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

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