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The Lovely Little Lady with the Sea-Green Tail!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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Genres: horror

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-919

Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Cain

First Line: I don't get out of the house to the big city often, but I figured ol' Cain owed you a visit...

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Pages: 1

Job Number: J-5447

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

A Strange Way to Die

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Cain (host)

First Line: The vision of her face becomes crystal-clear, as you feared it would, blotting out all that is reality.

Synopsis: A man is led to his death by the ghost of the girl he killed in a car accident.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: J-5197

The Mouse of History

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Cain (host); Paul Jonas; Esmerelda (a mouse); a demon

First Line: If you have ever thought how great it would be if the world followed your script, pay heed to the story of Paul Jonas a lowly research assistant who found a way to make a life follow his game plan.

Synopsis: A mouse escapes from a cage in research assistant Paul Jonas's lab, and leads him to a magic book that can alter the future. He uses the book to his advantage, but the mouse inadvertently causes his death by chewing parts of the pages away, which changes the words written in the book.

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Pages: 6

Job Number: J-5003

The Golden Treasure

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Wonder Woman

Synopsis: Wonder Woman distracts two thieves who are stealing the Golden Treasure of Aphrodite with another golden treasure - Hostess Twinkies!

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Pages: 1

The World's Greatest Superheroes

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Wonder Woman

First Line: Follow the Up-to-the-Minute Adventures of Your Favorite Super-Stars

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad for the newspaper comic strip The World's Greatest Superheroes (Chicago Tribune/New York Daily News Syndicate).

Double Dynamite!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: superhero

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Pages: 2

Notes: House ad for Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-61 [reprint of Superman #1] and All-New Collectors' Edition (DC, 1978 series) #C-62 [Superman: The Movie magazine].

The Lovely Little Lady with the Sea-Green Tail!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Cain (host); Dr. D. L. Whitley; Sucee; Muv

First Line: Dr. D. L. Whitley was what the scientific community had dubbed, "... a rising star."

Synopsis: A marine biologist finds a mermaid and keeps her captive, but when he tries to lure her mate to add to the exhibit he is eaten by the creature that emerges from the sea.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: J-5036

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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First Line: And a happy 1979 to all you fear-fans out there!

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Pages: 0.75

Job Number: L-227

Notes: Letters of comment from readers Kimberly Arber and Beppe Sabatini.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

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

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Statement of October 1, 1978
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 75,650
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 66,747
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10019.

Volume 79 Issue 3 - Week of January 22, 1979

In-house Column on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Character(s): Superman; Wonder Woman; Bob Rozakis; Dr. Fate; Wildcat

First Line: Superman & Wonder Woman battle Ice Demons!

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Pages: 1

Job Number: P-303

Notes: Promo for DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #9 with illustration from cover (by Andru & Giordano) and The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #273. Direct Currents: On sale week of February 5th. Ask the Answer Man! with questions from Chi Nguyen, Jay Taliaterro, Mark Snider, Chris Abell, Mike Margiotta, Leo B. Montgomery Jr., N. A. Thomson, Taco-Clark, and Joel Racine. Fred Hembeck's comic strip with Doctor Fate and Wildcat.