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Issue: The Best of DC #8
Publication Date: November 1980
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Issues: #8 of 71 Issues (178 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/14/1980
Volume: 2
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893173012
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
13 (9 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #182.
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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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The Secret Lives of Superman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Best of DC No. 8 -- Superman

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Five Other Identities of Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Justice League of America [Green Arrow; The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Aquaman; Batman]; Topo; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Zhan-Zar
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Original title: "The Day Superman Became the Flash!"
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The 1,000 Lives of Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Mona Miles
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from index of original printing.
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From Riches to Rags!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Super-Genie of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; an enemy agent (intro, villain); Lori Lemaris (guest appearance); Krypto; Perry White
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Pages: 7
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The New Lives of Superman! Part 1: Blind Clark Kent!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Pages: 9
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[The New Lives of Superman!] Part 2: Clark the "K"!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Fredy Barnes; Clive Duncan; Perry White (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo)
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Pages: 7
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The Super-Cop of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Krypto (guest appearance); Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
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Pages: 9
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The Shocking Secret of Super-X!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Clark Kent; Super-X; Lana Lang; Professor Smithers
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Pages: 7
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Who Stole My Super-Powers?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): a world-killing alien plant (villain); Superman (Earth-1); Flash [Barry Allen]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Brad Hunter; Perry White; Iris Allen
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Pages: 22
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Does Superman Need Clark Kent?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-5030
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Is Clark Kent really Superman?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for the stories in the issue.

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