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Issue: The Best of DC #27
Publication Date: August 1982
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Issues: #27 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: 05/06/1982
Volume: 4
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893173008
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
13 (8 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #201.
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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 versus Luthor

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-5063
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Best of DC -- Superman versus Luthor

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 Luthor Nobody Knows!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Elliot Maggin
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Lex Luthor (villain, origin); Superman; Clark Kent; Roy Raymond; Perry White; Superboy; Smallville Police Chief Douglas Parker
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Superman's Super Hold-Up!

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): Luthor; Lois Lane
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Most Dangerous Door in the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[The Most Dangerous Door in the World] Part II: Success is a Heartbeat Away!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Luthor Story

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell (signed)
Penciller(s): (various)
Inker(s): (various)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Ardora; Superman (cameo)
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Article illustrated with panels from stories featuring Luthor.
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The Death of Luthor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Lexor; Ardora; Green Kryptonite; Brainiac (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Condemned Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Ardora; Lexor; Lex Luthor (villain)
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Pages: 12
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Luthor's Hammer of Hate!

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): Lex Luthor; Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Anton Falenni; Dr. Thames
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Pages: 15
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Lex Luthor -- Super Scalp-Hunter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Elliot Maggin
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Lex Luthor (villain); Superman; Clark Kent; Perry White; Steve Lombard; Ali; Lois Lane; Carol
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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Swamp Thing Is Back!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tom Yeates
Inker(s): Tom Yeates
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Swamp Thing
Character(s): Swamp Thing
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for Swamp Thing #1.
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Superman's Most Exciting Battles with His Arch-Foe!

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): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.

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