DC Comics Presents #55 [Newsstand]
(March 1983)

DC, 1978 Series
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Volume
6
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-12-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893121603
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #55 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Air Wave; Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Saviuk (signed)
Inks
Bob Smith (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
S-4055
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Air Wave [Hal Jordan]; Parasite
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

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The Parasite's Power Ploys! (Table of Contents: 1)

Air Wave; Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Alex Saviuk
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-4070
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Air Wave [Hal Jordan]; Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Superboy; The Parasite [Maxwell Jensen] (villain); Quex-Ul (flashback); Jan Jordan; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (flashback); Jack Jordan; Jennifer Jordan; Karen (flashback); Casey Jones (flashback)
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Keywords
Fortress of Solitude; gold kryptonite (flashback)

Indexer Notes

Page count, job number and credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Pair Mail / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Tamsyn O'Flynn (credited as TOF)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4060

Indexer Notes

Letters from Eddy Zeno, Mike Sopp, Rand B. Lee, Eric E. Farwell, and Mike Christiansen.

Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Coming Comics / in-house column / 0.25 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Air Wave; Superman
  2. 1. The Parasite's Power Ploys!
    Air Wave; Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Pair Mail
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    DC Coming Comics
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore
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