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Issue: The Best of DC #52

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Publication Date: September 1984

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Issues: #52 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC Blue Ribbon Digest

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 06/07/1984

Volume: none

Pages: 148

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893173009

Price: $1.75 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
10 (7 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Nicola Cuti (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Notes: No number or date in the indicia. September 1984 is cover date.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: digest (5" x 6.75")

Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; newsprint interior

Binding: squarebound

Publishing Format: was ongoing

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The Best of DC #52 [Direct]

The Best of DC #52 [CA Cover Price]

The Best of DC #52 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (10 total)

Year's Best Comics Stories

Illustration on Cover, Wraparound from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Paris Cullins [as Cullins] (signed)

Inker(s): Dick Giordano [as Giordano] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Green Lantern; Elongated Man; Green Arrow; Teen Titans; Legion of Super-Heroes; Blackhawks; Swamp Thing; Metamorpho; Firestorm; Aquaman

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Pages: 2

Notes: Wrap-around cover. Signed on the back cover.

Best of DC -- Year's Best Comics Stories

Table of Contents on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

Siege!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Marv Wolfman

Penciller(s): Keith Pollard (layouts)

Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal (finishes)

Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): New Teen Titans

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Pages: 23

Job Number: G-1318

The Death of Blackhawk Island!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Mark Evanier

Penciller(s): Dan Spiegle

Inker(s): Dan Spiegle

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford

Letterer(s): Carrie McCarthy

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, war

Feature(s): Blackhawk

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Pages: 23

The Birthright

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn

Penciller(s): Ernie Colón

Inker(s): Ernie Colón

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Amethyst

Character(s): Amethyst; Dark Opal (intro, villain); Fire Jade (intro); Herb Winston; Marion Winston; Belaz; Granch; Citrina; Sardonyx (villain); Fauna; Laral; Lord Amethyst (flashback); Lady Amethyst (flashback)

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Pages: 25

Violet's Story

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Paul Levitz; Keith Giffen (co-plot)

Penciller(s): Keith Giffen

Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes

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Pages: 21

The Dummy - Part 2

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Robert Kanigher

Penciller(s): Frank Redondo

Inker(s): Frank Redondo

Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood

Letterer(s): Esphid Mahilum [as Esphid]

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Sgt. Rock

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Pages: 13

Stopover in a Place of Secret Truths

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Martin Pasko

Penciller(s): Steve Bissette

Inker(s): John Totleben

Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Feature(s): Swamp Thing

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Pages: 23

Notes: Story title wrong in Table of Contents.

Look to the Mountaintop

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Doug Moench

Penciller(s): Gene Colan

Inker(s): Bob Smith

Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Batman

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Pages: 16

You Gotta Be Kidding!!!

Text Article on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Nicola Cuti

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Job Number: L-1650

Notes: Inside back cover. Discussion of the reasons for choosing the stories.