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LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #279
Date: Sep 1981
Cover Price: $0.50
Publisher: dccomics.com
Description
DC Comics > Legion of Super-Heroes > Legion of Super-Heroes (1974) >
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Recent Announcements
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George Perez's thoughts on the passing of Stan Lee
Milla V writes:
STAN LEE (Mar 2013)
Art by George Pérez at MEGACON 2013
Photo from Mike T
Because my uncle is not on social media anymore, he asked me to share this publicly on his behalf for the passing of the legendary Stan Lee:
"Sad day. Even though it really wasn’t unexpected, the death of Stan Lee has hit me harder than I thought. He was the first comic book creator I ever saw by face. He inspired me to both read and eventually create comics myself.
He gave my first raise and always took the time at conventions to come over and say hello to me. At one time he said he regarded me as a nephew ...
Posted Nov 14, 2018, 6:32 PM by Vu Nguyen
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Credits
"Castle Grimbor Must Fall" (22 pages)
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writer:
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Roy Thomas
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art:
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Jimmy Janes
Frank Charamonte
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colors:
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Gene D'Angelo
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letters:
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Ben Oda
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editor:
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Mike W Barr
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| November 13, 2003 | Legion Companion Review |
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From Vu
 THE LEGION COMPANION (Nov 2003)
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Well, with the retail price of $24.95, I definitely would only recommend
this book to hardcore George Pérez fans only.
Although there are a lot of great Steve Lightle and Dave Cockrum's
artwork, if you're only picking up for Pérez it might be a tough sell.
I have not had the chance to read through it yet - but there are 222
pages and is very text-heavy. If you like the Legion of Super-Heroes,
this is the book for you. There are lots of interviews with various
Legion-related writers and artists, as well as a lot of unpublished
artwork featuring the Legion.
Here are some of the Pérez art that you'll find in the book:
SUN BOY (2001), LIGHTNING LAD/SATURN GIRL (1978), STARBOY (2002), LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #278, Ladies of the Legion (early 80s), LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #280, SUPERBOY/REFLECTO/ULTRABOY (1982), LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #279, ULTRABOY (2002), ATMOS (2001), DAWNSTAR (2001), SUPERGIRL (1999), and DREAMER (2002). More Legionnaires artwork can be found on www.legionnaires.com.
I have never seen the 80's convention sketches.
Here is an excerpt from an interview with Jim Shooter (who also wrote the introduction to the book):
JIM SHOOTER PART TWO
interview 25 Jan 2003
conducted by Glen Cadigan
(excerpt)
So the book was terrible. The thing is, George Pérez, with the art…
[it] looked great. [laughs] it was fine. But the plot was all screwed
up. So I rejected it. So they get into just a hissy fit, and they're
writing fanzine articles, and they're doing interviews, and they're
writing in their Bullpen Bulletins page what assholes we are and stuff
like that.
I finally had to reply. I wrote one column, saying, "This is what
happened," 'cause that was the only question I ever got asked at
conventions. And they were all up in arms. They kept saying, "It's fait accompli."
Dick [Giordano] took me to lunch, and he said, "What's the difference?
Who gives a shit? Just put a bunch of characters in it, they fight,
it'll sell like crazy. We'll all make money."
He said, "None of these books are any good."
I said, "excuse me, I wrote one, and it's not bad and it could be good,
and at least it should be faifthful to the characters. "
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LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #279
(Sep 1981)
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #279 (UK) (Sep 1981)
SUPERCOMIC #278 (Mexico) (3 Jan 1983)
