(January 1977)

DC, 1976 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1976-10-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Barcode
0709893166001
Editing
Carl Gafford (story editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)

Issue Notes

Per Carl Gafford, he came up with the idea for this issue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Harry Houdini's death.

Michael Uslan remembers it differently, saying that he proposed the idea to Sol Harrison of reprting the Gray Morrow Zatanna stories and then put it together. According to him, the Flash story was originally supposed to be a reprint of the first Zatanna story but was replaced when DC thought they should have an A-list superhero in the book.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #136.

DC Super-Stars of Magic (Table of Contents)

The Flash; Zatanna / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gray Morrow (signed)
Inks
Gray Morrow (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
C-347
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors and letters credits from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Gafford
Pencils
Michael Netzer (signed)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed)
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-4481

Zatanna the Magician (Table of Contents: 2)

Zatanna / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Gray Morrow
Inks
Gray Morrow
Colors
Tatjana Wood ?; Elizabeth Safian ?
Letters
Jean Simek; John Costanza

Job Number
J-4478
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker, who notes that Wood colored the original stories, but may not have had time to re-color them for this reprinting and so Berube is also possible.

Story is three stories originally, combined into one tale here -- Part 1: the top half of the original page 3 and the bottom half of the original page 5 omitted; part 2: the original page 1, the top half of the original page 3, the last panel of original page 4, and the last panel of the original page 5 omitted; Part 3: the original page 1 omitted.

The Muse (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Great Houdini (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Gafford
Pencils
Michael Netzer
Inks
Terry Austin
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-4483

Indexer Notes

Colors credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker.

Conjuring through the Ages (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Gafford
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
Vince Colletta ? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
J-4482

The Case of the Real-Gone Flash! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
J-4480
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker.

The Coin in the Glass (Table of Contents: 7)

Magic Tricks You Can Do / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Gafford
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Workman ?; Ben Oda ?

Indexer Notes

Credits from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker.

The Disappearing Coin (Table of Contents: 8)

Magic Tricks You Can Do / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Gafford
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Workman ?; Ben Oda ?

Job Number
J-4485

Indexer Notes

Credits from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker.

The Magical Prediction (Table of Contents: 9)

Magic Tricks You Can Do / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Gafford
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Workman ?; Ben Oda ?

Job Number
J-4486

Indexer Notes

Credits from Carl Gafford via the GCD Error Tracker.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. DC Super-Stars of Magic
    The Flash; Zatanna
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Zatanna the Magician
    Zatanna
  4. 3. The Muse
    Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  5. 4. The Great Houdini
  6. 5. Conjuring through the Ages
  7. 6. The Case of the Real-Gone Flash!
    The Flash
  8. 7. The Coin in the Glass
    Magic Tricks You Can Do
  9. 8. The Disappearing Coin
    Magic Tricks You Can Do
  10. 9. The Magical Prediction
    Magic Tricks You Can Do
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Lee Lines
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore