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Issue: DC Comics Presents #59

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Publication Date: July 1983

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Issues: #59 of 97 Issues (266 Printings)

Title:

Variant: CA Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/07/1983

Volume: 6

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893121607

Price: $0.75 CAD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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

Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Variants3

DC Comics Presents #59 [Direct Sales]

DC Comics Presents #59 [CA Cover Price]

DC Comics Presents #59 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (signed)

Inker(s): Mike DeCarlo (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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

Character(s): Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Color Kid]; Superman

First Line: >Sigh!< Why me?

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: S-4129

Notes: Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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): Carl Gafford

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

Synopsis: Ambush Bug hops on Superman's back just as he's going into the future. They both land in the 30th century. Superman leaves Ambush Bug in the custody of the Legion of Substitute-Heroes where he promptly breaks out and begins to wreak havoc on 30th century Metropolis.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 23

Job Number: S-4118

Notes: Job number, page count, and credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[untitled]

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

Credits

Writer(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Meanwhile...

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Rozakis

Penciller(s): José Luis García-López

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Pair Mail

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Pages: 2

Job Number: S-4134

Notes: Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. These records also note "Giffen letter."

Letters of comment from Calvin L. Nunez, Neil Ahlquist, Kent A. Phenis, Danny Zentner, Ray Szymanski, Larry Houston, Ross Pearsall, Kevin T. Brown, Kelly Harper, Jim Morey, Billy Kennedy and Delmo Walters Jr.