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Issue: The Best of DC #30
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Variant: Direct
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/20/1982
Volume: 4
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Mike W. Barr credited as "special consultant."
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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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
Detective Comics

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
mystery, superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Martian Manhunter; Elongated Man; The Human Target; Jason Bard; Roy Raymond; Captain Compass; Mysto
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Best of DC Digest #30: Detective Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Stage Is Set... for Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Del Sartre; Claire Foster; Barry Johnstone; Ezra Jimson
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #425 published July 1972
was The Stage Is Set... for Murder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
15
The Assassin-Express Contract!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Human Target (intro, origin); Luigi; T. C. Newman; Harry Cheever
Reprinting
FlagAction Comics #419 published December 1972
was The Assassin-Express Contract! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
G-1302
The Magical Mystery Mirror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Elongated Man; Sue Dibny; Janice Fell; Dennis Fell; Amos Fell
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #444 published December 1974
was The Magical Mystery Mirror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
The Riddle of the Unseen Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #201 published November 1953
was The Riddle of the Unseen Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
A Burial for Batgirl!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hank Osher; Jack Markham; Amos Willard
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #400 published June 1970
was A Burial for Batgirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Midnight Is the Dying Hour!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #401 published July 1970
was Midnight Is the Dying Hour! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
In the original version, on page 7, Robin says "I never liked Willard...but it must have taken tremendous willpower to make himself leave a last clue as he was dying!"
In this version, the speech balloon is redrawn so the killer, Jack Markham is the speaker.
Probably the original intent, since it's not like Robin to speak about a murder victim that way.
The Three Feats of Peril!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Mysto
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #209 published July 1954
was The Three Feats of Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Case of the Dead-On Target!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Jason Bard; "Rip" Williams; Donna Williams; Ted Crane; Alli Crane; "Silk" Norbus
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #435 published June 1973
was Case of the Dead-On Target! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
The Man with 20 Lives

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
John Jones [J'onn J'onzz; Manhunter from Mars]
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #227 published January 1956
was The Man with 20 Lives [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
The Ocean Pest!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Captain Compass
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #222 published August 1955
was The Ocean Pest! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Wanted for Murder-One, the Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; James Gordon; Arthur Reeves (Introduction?); Jonah Jory; "Squeaky" Piper; Sy Semple; Anderson P. Forsythe
Reprinting
FlagBatman #225 published September 1970
was Wanted for Murder-One, the Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
15
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Camelot 3000
It was foretold that England's greatest champion...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. Promo for DC's "Camelot 3000" series.
Case Files

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Manhunter from Mars; Elongated Man; The Human Target; Jason Bard; Roy Raymond; Captain Compass; Mysto
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Promos of the stories with characters and story titles.

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