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The Legion of Super-Heroes, #267 British

Published: September 1980

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Story Featuring Legion of Super-Heroes

"I'm worried about Element Lad!"

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Element Lad is floating unconscious in space.

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To Bottle a Genie!

Story Featuring Legion of Super-Heroes

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The Legion must find a way to re-bottle the genie Kantuu, whose bottle has been destroyed and who intends to recruit other Djinn as an army to conquer planets.

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The Djinn were a warrior race that attacked Oa. When defeated by the Guardians, they were placed in bottles of green energy and their sentence involved serving whomever released them. It is presumed that the green energy is what forces them to serve and allows them to grant wishes.

The Grounded Legionnaires

Story Featuring Legion of Super-Heroes

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At Legion headquarters, Shadow Lass uses a computer log to relate the story of the Legion battle with Vibrex, to explain the history of the Legion Flight Rings to some school children.

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References Adventure Comics #305, in which Mon-El created element 152 that powers the flight rings.

Power! Accuracy!
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Ad for Daisy 840 from Daisy subsidiary of Walter Kidde & Company, Inc. On back cover.

Earn Famous Name Prizes Or Cash
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Ad soliciting sales people for cards, stationery and gifts. Inside back cover.

Letter Column Featuring The Legion Outpost

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Letters from: Jay Sport, Art Young, and Lee Cantin.

It's Almost Ready!
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House ad for Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #28 [Superman and the Amazing Spider-Man]; includes cover art in black and white. Between pages 4-5 of "The Grounded Legionnaires".

Write Right Now!
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Classified ads for body building, self defense course, comic books, toys, and turning your poems into songs. Ad title does not appear in this issue.

Remember How Many Times You Felt Left Out Because You Were Broke!
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Ad soliciting delivery people for Grit newspaper.

Enter The Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys
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Ad for Sea-Monkeys from Transcience Corporation. Between pages 13-14 of "To Bottle A Genie". Pencil credits from: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2005/11/10/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-24/ .

A Matter of Good Taste

Story Featuring Batgirl , Ad Featuring Hostess Twinkies

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Batgirl slows Jessie down so she can capture her, by giving her Hostess Twinkies to eat.

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Ad in comic format for Hostess Twinkies from Continental Baking Company. Copyright © 1980 Continental Baking Company. Between pages 8-9 of "To Bottle A Genie".

Super Gifts & Gimmicks
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Ad for toys and novelties. On second page between pages 4-5 of "To Bottle A Genie".

Get The Newest Number Yum!
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Ad for Wild Cherry flavor of bubble gum. On first page between pages 4-5 of "To Bottle A Genie".

Superscale
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Ad for large scale models. On inside front cover.