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Issue: The Best of DC #10
Publication Date: March 1981
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/11/1980
Volume: 3
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893173003
Price: $0.95 USD
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11 (8 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (editor)
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1980 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
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Secret Origins of Super-Villains

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Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Best of DC -- Secret Origins of Super-Villains

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Inside front cover.
The Origin of the Penguin!

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Origin of the Penguin.
Aquaman, Coward-King of the Seas!

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Aquaman; Aqualad; Ocean Master
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Origin and first appearance of Ocean Master.
Here Comes Captain Boomerang!

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Flash [Barry Allen]; W. W. Wiggins; Iris West; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]
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Origin and first appearance of Captain Boomerang.
The Shark That Hunted Human Prey!

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Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Tom Kalmaku; The Shark; Carol Ferris; Bill Bowery
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Origin and first appearance of the Shark.
Shadow-Thief of Midway City!

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Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal]; Shadow-Thief; Commissioner Emmett
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Origin and first appearance of the Shadow Thief.
Green Arrow vs. Red Dart

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The Green Arrow
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Red Dart [John "The Midas" Mallory]
John Mallory pretends to be the superhero Red Dart to prevent Green Arrow and Speedy from stopping his gang's crime spree.
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Origin of the Red Dart.
Power of the Parasite!

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Parasite; Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White
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Origin and first appearance of the Parasite.
Villainous Double Dactyls

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Poetry about DC villains.
Secret Origins of Super-Villains

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Batman; Aquaman; The Flash; Green Lantern; Hawkman; Green Arrow; Superman; The Penguin, Ocean Master; Captain Boomerang; The Shark; The Shadow-Thief; Red Dart; The Parasite
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Back cover. Promo for the stories in the issue.

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