The Legion of Super-Heroes, #297 Newsstand
Published: March 1983
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Characters
- Cosmic Boy
Credits
- Pencils: Keith Giffen
- Inks: Larry Mahlstedt
- Colors: Anthony Tollin
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Story Notes
Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
Mettle (1)
Storyline
After Cosmic Boy's mother dies from injuries sustained in a bombing, he goes after the men responsible and nearly kills them before restraining himself.
Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy
- Timber Wolf
- Lightning Lad
- Sun Boy
- Brainiac 5
- Saturn Girl (flashback)
- Ultra Boy
- Phantom Girl]
- Night Girl
- Cyfril
- Matter-Eater Lad
- Dr. Gym'll
- Hu Krinn (flashback)
- Ewa Krinn (flashback)
- Pol Krinn (flashback)
- R. J. Brande (flashback)
- Dr. Chang
- Chameleon Boy
Credits
- Script: Keith Giffen
- Script: Paul Levitz
- Pencils: Keith Giffen
- Inks: Larry Mahlstedt
- Colors: Carl Gafford
- Letters: John Costanza
Story Notes
Legion origin retold. There is no title printed in the story, however the previous issue (#295) lists the next issue title as "Mettle."
Credits
- Script: Dick Giordano
Credits
- Script: Paul Levitz
Story Notes
Letters submitted by Kent A. Phenis; A. Goodwin; Andrew MacLaney.
"Hi there! Rokk Krinn, resident 20th Century history buff..."
Storyline
Ostensibly a biography of Keith Giffen, narrated by Cosmic Boy.
Characters
- Cosmic Boy
- Paul Levitz
Credits
- Script: Robin Snyder
- Pencils: Keith Giffen
- Inks: Larry Mahlstedt
- Colors: Carl Gafford
- Letters: John Costanza
Story Notes
Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List. This sequence added by Steven Tice.