(December 1979)

DC, 1955 Series
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Volume
25
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-09-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893044012
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #172. On-sale date of September 27 in ad in Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #2.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman; Kamandi / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
C-192
Genre
superhero; adventure; science fiction
Characters
Batman; Kamandi
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Time... My Dark Destiny! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; Kamandi / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney (credited); Mike W. Barr (uncredited)
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Jim Aparo
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Jim Aparo

Job Number
J-6111
Genre
superhero; adventure; science fiction
Characters
Batman; Kamandi; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Extortion, Inc.; Charles Sinclair; Martin Tellman; Max Beckmesser; Jake Kling; Matthew Tinsley; Dr. Canus; Pyra
Synopsis
Batman tries to stop the Extortion Inc gang but when he meets their new enforcer he realizes that it is Kamandi.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Mike W. Barr credit per interview in Back Issue #7.

This story addresses the dangling plot lines from the cancelling of Kamandi's series.

The Rescue (Table of Contents: 2)

Hostess Twinkies; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]
Synopsis
An alien UFO is heading toward a mountain collision, but Superman bores a tunnel ahead of it and the children who first contact the aliens give them Twinkies.

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in comic strip format.

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

The Brave and the Bold Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-383

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Jeff DeMos, Doreen Greeley and an unsigned letter from Toronto.

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

The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Letters
typeset

Job Number
F-111

Indexer Notes

Top portion of the "DC Feature Page" is an Answer Man column. Questions from Richie Overton, Zohar Ayal Rom, Keith Carter, Ken Hommel, Dexter Price, Shane Maddock, Christopher Zentner, Adam Bansak, Wendy Kurant, Gary Kurotori, Todd Forbes, Tim Friend, Glenn Whitmore, Karl Kauschinger, Darryl Boone, Doug Spoolman, Tim Wong, Jerome Maxey, Kenny Tress, Mike Burlingame, Darwin Lee, Eugene Lee and John Runion.

Number 52 Todd Klein (Table of Contents: 5)

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Mike Catron ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography
Characters
Todd Klein

Indexer Notes

Bottom portion of the "DC Feature Page." Script credit suggested by Michael Catron.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman; Kamandi
  2. 1. Time... My Dark Destiny!
    Batman; Kamandi
  3. 2. The Rescue
    Hostess Twinkies; Superman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Brave and the Bold Mailbag
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Answer Man
  6. 5. Number 52 Todd Klein
    DC Profiles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore