(March 1978)

DC, 1978 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly (with the exception of May, July, Sept., Nov., and Jan.)
On-sale Date
1977-12-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893121303
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Al Milgrom (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #151. On-sale date of December 22 in house ad in Justice League of America #152.
This issue has variants:

From the Fiery Forge of War Stories... a Hero! (Table of Contents)

Steel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
C-688
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel the Indestructible Man [Henry "Hank" Heywood]
Cover Thumbnail for Steel, the Indestructible Man (DC, 1978 series) #1 Cover Thumbnail for Steel, the Indestructible Man (1978 series) #1 [British]
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Sable Lady (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

From Hell Is Forged ...a Hero! (Table of Contents: 2)

Steel / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
Anthony Tollin (credited as A. Tollin)
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
J-4994
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel the Indestructible Man [Henry "Hank" Heywood] (intro, origin); Doctor Giles (intro); Gloria Giles (intro); Baron Death (intro, villain)
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Indexer Notes

Set during World War II.

Volume 77 Issue 51 - Week of December 19, 1977 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. From the Fiery Forge of War Stories... a Hero!
    Steel
  2. 1. Sable Lady
    Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  3. 2. From Hell Is Forged ...a Hero!
    Steel
  4. 3. Volume 77 Issue 51 - Week of December 19, 1977
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Matthew Head
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Sean Williams
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