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Issue: The Best of DC #50

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Publication Date: July 1984

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Issues: #50 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC Blue Ribbon Digest

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/05/1984

Volume: none

Pages: 100

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893173007

Price: $1.25 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
8 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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

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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 #50 [Direct Sales]

2 The Best of DC #50 [CA Cover Price]

The Best of DC #50 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (8 total)

The Year's Best Superman Stories

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)

Inker(s): Frank Giacoia

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-706

Notes: Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Kurt Schaffenberger.

Best of DC -- The Year's Best Superman Stories

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

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

The Once-and-Future War!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Len Wein

Penciller(s): George Pérez (breakdowns); Pablo Marcos (finished art)

Inker(s): Pablo Marcos; Rick Hoberg (ink assistance)

Colorist(s): Shelly Eiber

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman; OMAC

Character(s): Superman; OMAC; Murdermek (villain); Intercorp Scientists (villains); Norman Blank

Synopsis: Terminator-style story with Murdermek traveling back in time to kill the ancestor of Buddy Blank (aka OMAC).

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Pages: 24

The Kid Who Played Superman!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Cary Bates

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Dave Hunt

Colorist(s): Helen Vesik

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Justin Moore (Cub Reporter); Perry White; Mickey Norris; Jimmy Olsen; Mrs. Norris; Morgan Edge; Lana Lang; Invisible Aliens

Synopsis: When an invisible alien race lands their spaceship on Earth only little Micky Norris can see them and alert Superman to their scheme.

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Pages: 22

Luthor Unleashed!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Cary Bates

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Murphy Anderson

Colorist(s): Jeanine Casey

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Ardora (death); Lex Luthor, Jr. (death); Lexor (destruction); the Omega Men

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Pages: 27

Ambush Bug II

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Keith Giffen (story); Paul Levitz (additional dialogue)

Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Kurt Schaffenberger (finished art)

Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger

Colorist(s): George Robert

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman; The Legion of Substitute Heroes

Character(s): Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Polar Boy; Infection Lass; Porcupine Pete; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Color Kid; Antennae Lad; Double-Header]; Superman; Ambush Bug; Chief Zendak of the Science Police

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Pages: 23

Year's Best Comics Stories

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

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Best of DC

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Notes: Inside back cover.

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

Credits

Penciller(s): George Pérez; Curt Swan; Keith Giffen

Inker(s): Pablo Marcos; Dave Hunt; Kurt Schaffenberger

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

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Notes: Back cover utilizing images from interior stories.