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Issue: DC Special Series #21
Publication Date: January 1980
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Issues: #21 of 27 Issues (32 Printings)
Title: Super-Star Holiday Special
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/04/1979
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893216404
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia reads: "Super-Star Holiday Special, Spring 1980. (DC Special Series, Vol. 4, No. 21)." Cover date: April.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #175.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S. (#1-17, 20-22); digest (#18, 19, 23, 24); tabloid (#25-27)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-17, 20-22, 25-27); squarebound (#18, 19, 23, 24)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero, war, western
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Wildfire; Phantom Girl]; Jonah Hex; Sgt. Rock; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Cain; Abel; Mildred
First Line: Join the world's greatest heroes in quest of a dream!
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-263
Disclose Notes: Letters credits from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Introductory Page

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Sgt. Rock; Jonah Hex; Superboy [Clark Kent]
First Line: The midnight sky is an infinite tapestry, woven with pinpoint patterns of stars that shine in eternal profusion--
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-6477
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The Fawn and the Star

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Jonah Hex; Woodson Hex (flashback); Virginia Hex (flashback); Holly; Roy (a raccoon); Barlow Tull; Homer Tull
First Line: He was a hero to some, a villain to others... and wherever he rode, people spoke his name in whispers.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6348
Disclose Notes: Set during Christmas.
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Wanted: Santa Claus -- Dead or Alive!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Matty Lasko; Boomer Katz; Mister Jackson; "Fats" Morgan; Al; Louie
First Line: Christmas Eve in Gotham: First, a layer of pale snow had touched the city, and now sleet slants across the streets from the North...
Synopsis: Batman stops a mob from stealing the day's receipts from a department store with the help of Boomer Katz, a paroled robber, and the light from a Nativity star.
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #12/1980 published January 1980
as Etterlyst: Julenissen...død eller levende [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #12/1980 published December 1980
as Fånga Jultomten - död eller levande [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Super Heroes v2 #3 published December 1981
as Wanted: Santa Claus -- Dead or Alive! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderheft #28 published January 1982
as Nikolaus gesucht: Tot oder lebendig ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #11/1987 published December 1987
as Og alle hjerter gleder seg [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
In Content Item: FlagChristmas with the Super-Heroes #1 [Direct] published January 1988
as Wanted: Santa Claus -- Dead or Alive! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frank Miller Batman #1 published January 1989
as Wanted: Santa Claus--Dead or Alive [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Team #5/1992 published January 1992
as Efterlyst: Jultomten - Död eller levande [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA DC Universe Christmas #[nn] published January 2000
as Wanted: Santa Claus -- Dead or Alive! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6360
Disclose Notes: Set in Gotham City at Christmas Eve.
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Hawkman Makes a Safe Landing

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman
First Line: A perfect morning for sky diving...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The House of Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Cain; Abel; Mildred; Mordred; Cynthia; Destiny; Phantom Stranger; Madame Xanadu
First Line: I don't see him, guys!
Synopsis: The hosts of The House of Mystery, The Witching Hour, and Secrets of Haunted House compete to tell the best holiday-themed twist-ending story.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6368
Disclose Notes: The House of Mystery is listed as the feature because it is the only feature listed on the cover and its logo and tagline are on the splash page.
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The Longest Night!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Sgt. Rock; Bulldozer; Mario Rosetti
First Line: I'm Rock... Sergeant... Easy Company! Easy'd been in the line so long we didn't know what day, week or month it was!
Synopsis: Sgt. Rock and Easy Co. try to protect worshipers headed to the Shrine at Santa Maria.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Set in Italy at Christmas.
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Star Light, Star Bright... Farthest Star I See Tonight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [Clark Kent]; Phantom Girl [Tinya Wazzo]; Mon-El; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr] (cameo); Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna] (cameo); Princess Projectra (cameo); Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle] (cameo); Colossal Boy [Gim Allen] (cameo); Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]]
First Line: The year is 2979 A.D., the city is Metropolis, the planet Earth. And the flying figure is, of course, Superboy, breaking the time barrier to visit the most extraordinary band of heroic youths in the galaxy...
Synopsis: Superboy convinces the Legion of Super-Heroes to go searching for the star that shown over Bethlehem during Jesus' birth on Christmas Eve.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #11 [Direct Sales] published April 1981
as Star Light, Star Bright... Farthest Star I See Tonight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Super Heroes v2 #3 published December 1981
as Star Light, Star Bright... Farthest Star I See Tonight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagChristmas with the Super-Heroes #1 [Direct] published January 1988
as Star Light, Star Bright... Farthest Star I See Tonight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA DC Universe Christmas #[nn] published January 2000
as Star Light, Star Bright... Farthest Star I See Tonight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-6346
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Volume 79 Issue 48 - Week of December 3, 1979

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Scalphunter; Bob Rozakis; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
First Line: Scalphunter flees rebels
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Weird Western Tales (DC, 1972 series) #65 with illustration from this issue's cover (by Dominguez). Promo for Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #31. Direct Currents: On Sale Week of December 17th. Ask the Answer Man! with questions from Holden McCormack, Mark Freedman, Jim Cloufel, Scott Smith, Craig Paeth, Cliff Timberlake, Paul Hoffman, John Boodey, Paul Sternberg, Brian S. Lamken, Jerry McKeen, and 1 unsigned. Hembeck's comic strip with Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen.

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