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Issue: DC Comics Presents #16
Publication Date: December 1979
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Issues: #16 of 97 Issues (266 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: UK Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893121612
Price: £0.15 GBP
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate 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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Black Lightning
Character(s): Superman; Black Lightning
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3223
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The De-volver!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Black Lightning
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Trina (introduction, death); Hugh Bryant (introduction, origin, villain)
Synopsis: Black Lightning stops a robbery on a subway train as it travels through Suicide Slum but causes one of the robbers to inadvertently shoot and kill another passenger, Trina. This angers Trina's boyfriend, Hugh Bryant, who is also one of Jefferson Pierce's students. Hugh, actually an alien trapped on earth for millions of years, "devolves" into his true form as an energy creature. Black Lightning and Superman subdue the creature and help him finally leave the planet.
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Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3201
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Stony-Eyed Medusa

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash; Hostess Fruit Pies
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pair Mail
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3228
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Answer Man
Synopsis: Readers' questions answered by "The Answer Man."
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Pages: 0.5
Job Number: F-110
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Puzzle
Synopsis: Word search puzzle containing characters from Action Comics.
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