Dates
- Cover date
- January 1981
- Pages
- 36
Values
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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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition50¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893067001
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Jim Janes, Curt Swaninks: Steve Mitchell, John Calnan, Vince Collettaletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanzascript: Gerry Conway, Jack C. Harriscolors: Gene D'Angelo
Stories
- What Is the Dark Man? · 25 pages
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.
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)