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Issue: The Best of DC #23
Publication Date: April 1982
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Issues: #23 of 71 Issues (178 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):  
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
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war, western
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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)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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
Disclose Notes: This story takes place on June 21st, mostly on an alternate Earth where young Bruce Wayne's parents are about to be murdered by Joe Chill. The Earth-One Batman's parents were murdered on June 26, exactly 20 years earlier, when Bruce was 8 years old. As Batman explains, the difference in dates is due to the five leap days that occurred during those two decades.

Fans have assigned this alternate Earth the designation "Earth-Five", however that name is not official.
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Sivana's Nobel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Reprinting
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)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Candy; Jeanie; Maddy; Mikel; Jeremy Thornton Sr.; Jeremy Thornton III; Ruffie; Earl
Reprinting
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)
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)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Reprinting
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)
Reprinting
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 25
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Whatever Happened to... the Crimson Avenger?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Nebula Man (flashback); pirates (villains)
Reprinting
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)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
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
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-5059-A
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Best Stories of 1981

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Covers to the stories in the issue.

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