The Legion of Super-Heroes #271

Dates

Cover date

January 1981

On sale

October 23, 1980

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #271 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition50¢ cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  This edition’s page
• Newsstand edition50¢ cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0709893067001

  Source ↗
• UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

  British

  Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.

  This edition’s page

Publisher’s description

The Legionnaires discover that the Dark Man is a clone of Tharok, and they form a temporary alliance with the Fatal Five to defeat him.

Reprinted in

Elson's Presents Super Heroes Comics (1981), Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness (2021)