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Issue: DC Comics Presents #81

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Publication Date: May 1985

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Issues: #81 of 97 Issues (266 Printings)

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Variant: CA Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 02/07/1985

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893121605

Price: $0.95 CAD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #12.

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Format

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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DC Comics Presents #81 [Direct Sales]

DC Comics Presents #81 [CA Cover Price]

DC Comics Presents #81 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (signed)

Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Todd Klein

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman; Ambush Bug

Character(s): Superman; Ambush Bug; Kobra

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

All This and Kobra Too!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Keith Giffen (plot); Robert Loren Fleming (dialogue)

Penciller(s): Keith Giffen

Inker(s): Bob Oksner

Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin

Letterer(s): Bill Pearson

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman; Ambush Bug

Character(s): Superman; Ambush Bug; Kobra (villain); Lana Lang

Synopsis: Ambush Bug accidentally exposes Superman to Red Kryptonite, causing their minds to switch bodies for 48 hours. Ambush Bug, in Superman's body, battles Kobra.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 23

Job Number: S-4579

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Rozakis

Penciller(s): José Luis García-López

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Pair Mail

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1.75

Job Number: S-4592

Notes: Letters of comment from Rick Steel, Dale Coe, Jeffrey Lowdes, T. E. Pouncey, John Henry Sain, John L. Perullo and Charles David Haskell.

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Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Filing Date: October 1, 1984. Average circulation: 260,013. Single issue nearest to date: 251,569.