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Issue Details

Issue #291
Published September 1982
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Laurie Sutton
Notes Letters page replies by Paul Levitz.

Cover Details - "A Sign of Darkness Dawning!"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Wildfire; Dawnstar; Timber Wolf; Element Lad; Brainiac 5]; Mordru
Genre superhero; science fiction
Pencils Keith Giffen (signed)
Inks Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga (DC, 1989 series) #[nn]

18 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "...A Sign of Darkness Dawning"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Dream Girl; Shadow Lass; Element Lad; Chameleon Boy; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl; Timber Wolf; Sun Boy; Star Boy; Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Dawnstar; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Wildfire; Blok; Superboy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad (cameo)]; Darkseid; Servants of Darkness [Superman (Clone); Orion (clone); Kalibak (Clone); Guardian of the Universe (Clone); Lydea Mallor (Clone)]; Mordru; Time Trapper; White Witch
Genre superhero; science fiction
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Larry Mahlstedt (finished art)
Inks Larry Mahlstedt
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Annette Kawecki
Notes The Great Darkness Saga, Part 2
Reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga (DC, 1989 series) #[nn]

7 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Of Leaders and Lovers"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy]; Servant of Darkness [Lydea Mallor (Clone)]
Genre superhero; science fiction
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils Howard Bender (breakdowns); Rodin Rodriguez (finished art)
Inks Rodin Rodriguez
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Janice Chiang
Notes This story is redone in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga (DC, 1989 series) #[nn] with new art.