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Issue: The Best of DC #61
Publication Date: June 1985
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Issues: #61 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: 02/12/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 148
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.25 CAD
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Nicola Cuti (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #13.
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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): Pat Broderick
Inker(s): Pat Broderick
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Wonder Girl; Nightwing; Green Lantern; Swamp Thing; Blue Devil; Colossal Boy; Atari Force
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Year's Best Comics Stories

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Anatomy Lesson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Moore
Penciller(s): Steve Bissette
Inker(s): John Totleben
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Swamp Thing
Character(s): Swamp Thing; Floronic Man [Jason Woodrue]; General Avery Carlton Sunderland; Alec Holland (in flashback); Linda Holland (as corpse)
Synopsis: General Sunderland hires Jason Woodrue to examine Swamp Thing and determine how Alec Holland became the monster, but Woodrue discovers that Swamp Thing only thinks that he was Alec Holland. When Sunderland fires Woodrue, the scientist allows Swamp Thing to take revenge on Sunderland for the both of them.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Saga of Swamp Thing #21 [Direct] published February 1984
was The Anatomy Lesson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: G-1849
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If Superman Didn't Exist...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marv Wolfman
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Gil Kane
Colorist(s): Tony Tollin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #554 [Direct] published April 1984
was If Superman Didn't Exist... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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Killers Also Smile

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Adrian Gonzales
Inker(s): Adrian Gonzales
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): Adam Kubert
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Sgt. Rock
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From Content Item: FlagSgt. Rock #391 [U.S. Cover Price, Direct Sales] published August 1984
was Killers Also Smile [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Guess What's Coming to Dinner?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz; Keith Giffen (co-plot)
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Adam Kubert
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes #308 [Direct Sales] published February 1984
was Guess What's Coming to Dinner? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Final Duties

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Gil Kane
Colorist(s): Tony Tollin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #177 [Direct Sales] published June 1984
was Final Duties [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Viva Nebiros!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Cohn; Dan Mishkin
Penciller(s): Paris Cullins
Inker(s): Gary Martin
Colorist(s): Michele Robinson [as Michele Wolfman]
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Devil
Character(s): Blue Devil; Justice League of America (cameo)
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From Content Item: FlagBlue Devil #5 [Direct] published October 1984
was ¡Viva Nebiros! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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Who Is Donna Troy?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marv Wolfman; George Pérez (co-plot)
Penciller(s): George Pérez
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): New Teen Titans
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From Content Item: FlagThe New Teen Titans #38 [Direct Sales] published January 1984
was Who Is Donna Troy? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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Babe's Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Andy Helfer; Gerry Conway (plot)
Penciller(s): José Luis García-López
Inker(s): Ricardo Villagran
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Bob Lappan
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Atari Force
Character(s): Hukka; Babe; Morphea; Martin Champion; Dart; Tempest [Chris Champion]; Pakrat; Blackjak; Taz
Synopsis: Babe and Hukka help a new friend destroy his enemies before being rescued by the rest of the team.
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From Content Item: FlagAtari Force #8 [Direct] published August 1984
was Part 8: Babe's Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Digest Forum
First Line: Look, I could have opened up this brand-new column...
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-1946
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Announcement of a letters page for the digests.
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The Winners

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pat Broderick [as Broderick] (signed)
Inker(s): Pat Broderick [as Broderick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. List of interior stories. Rest of cover is continuation of front cover, but not quite a wraparound.

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