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Issue: DC Comics Presents #31
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Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/11/1980
Volume: 4
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893121603
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Cover
Newsstand edition.

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Cover
Newsstand edition.
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The Deadliest Show on Earth!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Ross Andru (signed)
Dick Giordano (signed)
Tatjana Wood
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Robin
Superman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Robotman [Dr. Robert Crane] (inset)
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Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
The Deadliest Show on Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Gerry Conway (plot); Roy Thomas (script, uncredited)
José Luis García-López
Dick Giordano
Jerry Serpe
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Robin
Superman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Angie; Waldo Simpson (later Waldo Flynn); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; an evil clown (villain)
Dick is enjoying a day at the circus until he realizes something is wrong when he encounters his old friend Waldo the clown but Waldo does not recognize him. Robin investigates and discovers that most of the circus workers are being hypnotically controlled by a mystery villain, who is also controlling Superman!
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Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. For script, Schwartz's records and printed credits only list Conway. Roy Thomas dialogue credit from Thomas in Alter Ego #100.

Waldo the clown returns as a supporting character in Robin's own series starting in Batman #337, but there his last name is Flynn not Simpson.
The Baron!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Curt Swan
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman; Hostess Cup Cakes
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Miscellaneous
1
Whatever Happened to Robotman?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Bob Rozakis
Alex Saviuk
Vince Colletta
Phil Rachelson
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
superhero
Whatever Happened To...?; Robotman
Robotman [Dr. Robert Crane]; Charles Grayson; Alvin Lashky (villain)
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Pair Mail
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