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Issue: The Best of DC #12
Publication Date: May 1981
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Issues: #12 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 3
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1981 DC Comics Inc.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Superman in the Past...Future...And on Other Worlds!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-5034
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Best of DC -- Superman

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Bus-Ride to Nowhere!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nathan Warbow; Martin Thorpe; May Marigold; Jonathan Slaughter
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #430 published December 1973
was Bus-Ride to Nowhere! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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The Sun of Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Dr. Paul Reese
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #255 published August 1972
was The Sun of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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The Starry-Eyed Siren of Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Kond; Rija
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #243 published October 1971
was The Starry-Eyed Siren of Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
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Planet of the Angels

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Raphael; Michael; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Gabriel
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #236 published April 1971
was Planet of the Angels [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Superman, You're Dead...Dead...Dead!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; George Custer
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #399 published April 1971
was Superman, You're Dead... Dead... Dead! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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The Secret of the Space Souvenirs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
Synopsis: Superman is compelled to collect trophies from space, but doesn't know why.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #122 published July 1958
was The Secret of the Space Souvenirs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Two for You!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promos for DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #9 (on sale January 8, 1981) and The Best of DC #13 (on sale February 5, 1981). Covers are depicted.
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Superman in Time-and-Space

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-5036
Disclose Notes: Information about the stories in this issue.
On inside back cover.
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Preview of the Issue

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Scenes from the interior stories.

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