Thursday, May 5, 2011

1270 - The Legion of Super Heroes v2 279 - Castle Grimbor Must Fall!

Index Number – 1270 - 1.1
Issue – The Legion of Super Heroes v2 279
Cover Date – September 1981
Title – Castle Grimbor Must Fall!
Characters – Blok, Bouncing Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Duo Damsel, Karate Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Reflecto, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Superboy, Wildfire
Villain – Grimbor the Chainsman
Synopsis – The Legion finally defeats Grimbor with the help of Reflecto, who is incapacitated. And underneath is torn costume . . . is a very familiar “S-shield”.
Writer – Roy Thomas
Artist – Jimmy Janes / Frank Chiaramonte
Cover – George Perez
Editor – Mike W. Barr
Comment – Hats off to Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas, All the clues led to Ultra Boy being Reflecto, propabably suffering from amnesia for a second time. The front cover even promoted a “ultra-special” surprise on the last page

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