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Issue: The Best of DC #61

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Publication Date: June 1985

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Issues: #61 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC Blue Ribbon Digest

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 03/07/1985

Volume: none

Pages: 148

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893173006

Price: $1.75 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
12 (8 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Nicola Cuti (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #13.

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Format

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 Best of DC #61 [Direct Sales]

The Best of DC #61 [CA Cover Price]

The Best of DC #61 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (12 total)

Year's Best Comics Stories

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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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Pages: 1

Year's Best Comics Stories

Table of Contents on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

The Anatomy Lesson

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 23

Job Number: G-1849

If Superman Didn't Exist...

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 23

Killers Also Smile

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 15

Guess What's Coming to Dinner?

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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

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Pages: 9

Final Duties

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 6

Viva Nebiros!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 23

Who Is Donna Troy?

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 23

Babe's Story

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 22

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Text Article on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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

Notes: Inside back cover. Announcement of a letters page for the digests.

The Winners

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. List of interior stories. Rest of cover is continuation of front cover, but not quite a wraparound.