Comic Title: Legion of Super-Heroes #272
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1981
On Sale Date: November 25, 1980 Newsstand Date November 25, 1980
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #515, Page 17

Newsstand Date November 25, 1980
Source: Comics Journal, #60

Newsstand Date November 25, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #48

Newsstand Date November 25, 1980
Source: Comic Reader, #185

Newsstand Date November 25, 1980
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 80 #26
Listed as on sale the week of November 25th

Copyright Date November 25, 1980
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1980

Shipping Date November 2, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #48

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.50
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack C. Harris

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Secret Origin of Blok"
Pages: 25

Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (of Earth-1)

Writer: Gerry Conway
Penciller: Steve J. Ditko
Inker: Frank Chiaramonte
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Robert K. LeRose

Reprinted In:
Legion of Super-Heroes:Before the Darkness Vol. 2 HC (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #273)
• Blok (last appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #271; next appearance in Superman Family #207)
• Dawnstar (last appearance in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #1; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #275)
• Lightning Lad (last appearance in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #273)
• Sun Boy (last appearance in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #273)
• Wildfire (last appearance in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #3; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #273)

Villain(s)

• League of Super-Assassins (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Blok (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #253)