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Issue: The Best of DC #59
Publication Date: April 1985
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Issues: #59 of 71 Issues (177 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: 01/03/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893173004
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
13 (8 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Nicola Cuti
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #11.
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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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Superman Sagas

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Klaus Janson
Inker(s): Klaus Janson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Best of DC -- Superman Sagas

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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 Second Coming of Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates; Martin Pasko (assist); John Lamartine (idea)
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Shelly Eiber
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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The First Coming of Superman! (2nd ch of "The Second Coming of Superman!")

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates; Martin Pasko (assist); John Lamartine (idea)
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Shelly Eiber
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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A God Walks Among Us! (3rd ch of "The Second Coming of Superman!")

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates; Martin Pasko (assist); John Lamartine (idea)
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Shelly Eiber
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Fall and Rise of Sonzrr! (4th ch of "The Second Coming of Superman!")

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates; Martin Pasko (assist); John Lamartine (idea)
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Shelly Eiber
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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The One Minute of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman (brief origin); Supergirl (guest star, brief origin); Krypto (guest star, brief origin); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Zor-El (flashback); Alura (flashback); Brainiac (flashback); Bizarro #1; Bizarro-Lois #1; Dr. Xadu
Synopsis: All the surviving beings of Krypton observe a moment of silence to remember the descruction of Krypton.
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Pages: 9
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Let My People Grow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Helen Vesik
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Lilliput Problem! (2nd ch of "Let My People Grow!")

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Helen Vesik
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Pages: 9
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All Creatures Great and Small...! (3rd ch of "Let My People Grow!")

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Helen Vesik
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Superman vs Brainiac

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: From the DC Comics Style Guide 1982.
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Superman #338 Cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Supergirl
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Text in cover UPC box says "The cover that inspired our back cover."
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Don't Miss These Exciting Tales!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?
Penciller(s): Klaus Janson (signed)
Inker(s): Klaus Janson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Supergirl
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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