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Issue: DC Comics Presents #31
Publication Date: March 1981
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Issues: #31 of 97 Issues (266 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 4
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Page 2. Inks over pencils. Colors yet to be added.
 
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The Deadliest Show on Earth!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Robin
Character(s): Superman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Robotman [Dr. Robert Crane] (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #16/1981 published August 1981
as Die Super-Show mit Superman und Robin [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #12/1983 published January 1983
as Verdens farligste show! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3532
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Deadliest Show on Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway (plot); Roy Thomas (script, uncredited)
Penciller(s): José Luis García-López
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Robin
Character(s): Superman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Angie; Waldo Simpson (later Waldo Flynn); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; an evil clown (villain)
Synopsis: 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!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #16/1981 published August 1981
as Satanischer Zombie-Zirkus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #12/1983 published January 1983
as Verdens farligste show [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3521
Disclose Notes: 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.
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The Baron!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman; Hostess Cup Cakes
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Whatever Happened to Robotman?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Alex Saviuk
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Phil Rachelson
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Whatever Happened To...?; Robotman
Character(s): Robotman [Dr. Robert Crane]; Charles Grayson; Alvin Lashky (villain)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe New Teen Titans Annual #[nn] published November 1984
as Whatever Happened to Robotman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3523
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pair Mail
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3538

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