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Issue: The Best of DC #42
Publication Date: November 1983
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Issues: #42 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: 07/12/1983
Volume: 5
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Nicola Cuti
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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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Superman vs. the Aliens

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #65 published January 1985
as Außerirdische gegen Superman [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Superman vs. the Aliens

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Legion of Super-Creatures!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #326 published July 1965
was The Legion of Super-Creatures! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Midget Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #102 published January 1956
was The Midget Menace [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Thing from 40,000 A.D.!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #87 published February 1954
was The Thing from 40,000 A.D.! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Invulnerable Enemy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #226 published March 1957
was The Invulnerable Enemy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Interplanetary Circus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #65 published January 1985
as Der interplanetarische Zirkus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #145 published May 1961
was The Interplanetary Circus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Jimmy Olsen's Private Monster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; TNT Gang; Lucy Lane; Lois Lane
Synopsis: A monster appears whenever Jimmy uses his signal watch.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #65 published January 1985
as Jimmy Olsen's Private Monster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #43 published March 1960
was Jimmy Olsen's Private Monster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Creature of 1,000 Disguises

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #234 published November 1957
was The Creature of 1,000 Disguises [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Super-Human Bomb!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Wayne Boring
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Brainiac; Grax; Lois Lane
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #342 published October 1966
was The Super-Human Bomb! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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A Doghouse for Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #84 published September 1953
was A Doghouse for Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dave Gibbons (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Gibbons (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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They Came to Earth!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Bender (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover.

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