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Issue: The Best of DC #32
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/07/1982
Volume: 5
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893173001
Price: $1.50 CAD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
12 (6 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #205.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Superman Battles the Mightiest Men in the Universe!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Rich Buckler
Frank Giacoia
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman; The Parasite; Solomon Grundy; Galactic Golem; Vartox; The Sand Superman
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Miscellaneous
1
S-4013
Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Best of DC -- Superman versus the Mightiest Men in the Universe

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
E. Nelson Bridwell
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
Solomon Grundy Wins on a Monday!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Gerry Conway
José Luis García-López
Bob Oksner
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman; Solomon Grundy (villain); SKULL (cameo); Steve Lombard; Terri Cross
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Miscellaneous
17
S-2277
Art and writing credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Power of the Parasite!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jim Shooter
Al Plastino
Al Plastino
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Parasite; Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White
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Miscellaneous
14
Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Ultimate Battle

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Curt Swan
Murphy Anderson
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
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Miscellaneous
2
The Ultimate Battle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Curt Swan
Murphy Anderson
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Quarrm-Demon (villain); Superman; Stewpot; Gemmi; Jimmy Olsen; Sand creature; Wonder Woman [as Diana Prince]; I-Ching
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Miscellaneous
22
Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Man Who Murdered the Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Len Wein
Curt Swan
Murphy Anderson
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Lex Luthor (villain); the Galactic Golem (intro); Superman; Lois Lane
Luthor gathers galactic matter to create The Galactic Golem, whose desire for hyper-stellar energy leads him into conflict with Superman. After Superman allows Luthor to believe that their conflict has destroyed all civilization, and The Galactic Golem has turned on Luthor, Luthor works with Superman to distract the creature off the planet.
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Miscellaneous
18
Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Mystery Mission to Metropolis! Chapter One: The Mystery Unravels...

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Cary Bates
Curt Swan
Bob Oksner
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
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Miscellaneous
10
Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Chapter includes a frontispiece and a prologue.
Mystery Mission to Metropolis! Chapter Two: ...And the Mission Begins!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Cary Bates
Curt Swan
Bob Oksner
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
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Miscellaneous
10
Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
More Mighty Men of the Universe

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
E. Nelson Bridwell ?
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?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
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Miscellaneous
3
S-4014
Article discusses other stories featuring mighty men that didn't fit in the digest. Job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; no writing credit given there, however.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland
typeset
Subject Matter
Camelot 3000
It was foretold that England's greatest champion...
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
5 Cosmos-Shaking Clashes!

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Rich Buckler [as Buckler] (signed)
Frank Giacoia [as Giacoia] (signed)
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman; The Parasite; The Galactic Golem; The Sand Superman; Vartox; Solomon Grundy
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.

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