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Issue: The Best of DC #30
Publication Date: November 1982
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Issues: #30 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
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): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)
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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Detective Comics

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Martian Manhunter; Elongated Man; The Human Target; Jason Bard; Roy Raymond; Captain Compass; Mysto
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Best of DC Digest #30: Detective Comics

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Del Sartre; Claire Foster; Barry Johnstone; Ezra Jimson
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #425 published July 1972
was The Stage Is Set... for Murder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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The Assassin-Express Contract!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Target
Character(s): The Human Target (intro, origin); Luigi; T. C. Newman; Harry Cheever
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #419 published December 1972
was The Assassin-Express Contract! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: G-1302
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The Magical Mystery Mirror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr
Penciller(s): Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Inker(s): Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Elongated Man
Character(s): Elongated Man; Sue Dibny; Janice Fell; Dennis Fell; Amos Fell
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #444 published December 1974
was The Magical Mystery Mirror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Riddle of the Unseen Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Roy Raymond, TV Detective
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #201 published November 1953
was The Riddle of the Unseen Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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A Burial for Batgirl!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Robin; Batgirl
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hank Osher; Jack Markham; Amos Willard
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #400 published June 1970
was A Burial for Batgirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Midnight Is the Dying Hour!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Robin; Batgirl
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #401 published July 1970
was Midnight Is the Dying Hour! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Three Feats of Peril!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Mysto Magician Detective
Character(s): Mysto
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #209 published July 1954
was The Three Feats of Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Case of the Dead-On Target!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Robbins
Penciller(s): Frank Robbins
Inker(s): Frank Robbins
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Master Crime-File of Jason Bard
Character(s): Jason Bard; "Rip" Williams; Donna Williams; Ted Crane; Alli Crane; "Silk" Norbus
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #435 published June 1973
was Case of the Dead-On Target! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Man with 20 Lives

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller
Penciller(s): Joe Certa
Inker(s): Joe Certa
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): John Jones Manhunter from Mars
Character(s): John Jones [J'onn J'onzz; Manhunter from Mars]
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #227 published January 1956
was The Man with 20 Lives [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Ocean Pest!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Joe Certa
Inker(s): Joe Certa
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Captain Compass
Character(s): Captain Compass
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #222 published August 1955
was The Ocean Pest! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Wanted for Murder-One, the Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; James Gordon; Arthur Reeves (Introduction?); Jonah Jory; "Squeaky" Piper; Sy Semple; Anderson P. Forsythe
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #225 published September 1970
was Wanted for Murder-One, the Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Camelot 3000
First Line: It was foretold that England's greatest champion...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for DC's "Camelot 3000" series.
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Case Files

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo
Inker(s): Jim Aparo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Character(s): 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
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promos of the stories with characters and story titles.

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