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Issue: The Best of DC #23
Publication Date: April 1982
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Issues: #23 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: 12/15/1981
Volume: 4
Pages: 148
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1982 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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Year's Best Comics Stories

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Pérez (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war, western
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Sgt. Rock [Frank Rock]; Jonah Hex; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Teen Titans [Raven; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Starfire [Koriand'r; Kory Anders]]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Cain
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-5058
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Year's Best Comics Stories

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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To Kill a Legend

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alex Brennert
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #500 [Direct] published March 1981
was To Kill a Legend [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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Sivana's Nobel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Don Newton
Inker(s): Dan Adkins
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #273 [Direct] published November 1981
was Sivana's Nobel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Dummy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Frank Redondo
Inker(s): Frank Redondo
Colorist(s): Bob Le Rose
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Sgt. Rock
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From Content Item: FlagSgt. Rock #349 [U.S. Cover Price, Direct Sales] published February 1981
was The Dummy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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A Day in the Lives...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marv Wolfman
Penciller(s): George Pérez
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): New Teen Titans
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From Content Item: FlagThe New Teen Titans #8 [Direct Sales] published June 1981
was A Day in the Lives... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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The Piper at the Gates of Hell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): J. M. DeMatteis
Penciller(s): Dan Spiegle
Inker(s): Dan Spiegle
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #288 [Direct Sales] published January 1981
was The Piper at the Gates of Hell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Haunting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Michael Fleisher
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers
Inker(s): Tony Dezuniga
Colorist(s): Bob Le Rose
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Jonah Hex
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From Content Item: FlagJonah Hex #53 [Direct] published October 1981
was The Haunting [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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Triumph!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein (script); Mike W. Barr (plot)
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s): Tony Tollin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Green Lantern Corps
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Green Lantern Corps #3 [Direct] published July 1981
was Triumph! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 25
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Whatever Happened to... the Crimson Avenger?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Alex Saviuk
Inker(s): Dennis Jensen
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Whatever Happened To...?; The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [Stripesy; Green Arrow (Earth-2); Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Speedy (Earth-2); Star-Spangled Kid; Shining Knight] (flashback); Crimson Avenger (death); Nebula-Man (flashback); Elongated Man (flashback); Dr. Fate (flashback); Power Girl (flashback); pirates (villains)
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From Content Item: FlagDC Comics Presents #38 [Direct Sales] published October 1981
was Whatever Happened to... the Crimson Avenger? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Death of the Crimson Avenger.
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The Pursuit of Joy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr
Penciller(s): Dan Spiegle
Inker(s): Dan Spiegle
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of Gotham City
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #507 [Direct] published October 1981
was The Pursuit of Joy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Dying Day of Lois & Lana!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Jax-Ur (villain); General Zod (villain); Faora Hu-Ul (villain); Lana Lang; Professor Lewis Lang; Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Josh Coyle
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #363 [Direct] published September 1981
was The Dying Day of Lois & Lana! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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Choosing the Year's Best

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-5059-A
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Best Stories of 1981

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Covers to the stories in the issue.

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