(July-August 1980)

DC, 1979 Series
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Volume:
2
Price:
0.95 USD
Pages:
100
Indicia frequency:
Bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand:
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Barcode:
?
Editing:
Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate)
Format:
Color; 5" x 6.75"; Squarebound; Newsprint; Ongoing

Issue Notes

Copyright © 1980.


Daily Planet Presents 10 Front-Page Stories (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors:
?
Job Number:
S-5023

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen

Best of DC -- Daily Planet (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.


Clark Kent's Masquerade As Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
Al Plastino
Inks:
Al Plastino
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Perry White; Lois Lane; "Iron Ike"
Reprinted:
  • from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #331 (December 1965)

How Lois Lane Got Her Job (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks:
Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lois Lane; Superman [also as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis:
Lois remembers three scoops she got before she met Superman.
Reprinted:
  • from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #17 (May 1960)

Jimmy Olsen's 1,000th Scoop! (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Bernstein
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
John Forte
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Reprinted:
  • from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #51 (March 1961)

The Super-Cigars of Perry White! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Elliot Maggin
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Vince Colletta
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Perry White; Arnie Carter
Reprinted:
  • from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #436 (June 1974)

Clark Kent, Gentleman Journalist! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Harvey Grey; Griselda Grey; Egbert Smills
Reprinted:
  • from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #85 (November-December 1953)

Dear Dr. Cupid! (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks:
Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lois Lane; Superman [also as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Bill the mailman
Reprinted:
  • from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #45 (November 1963)

The Last Headline! (Table of Contents)

Clark Kent / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Martin Pasko
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Tex Blaisdell
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor; superhero
Characters:
Morgan Edge (villain); Clark Kent; Laura Conway; Perry White; Zack Dawson; Lois Lane; Steve Lombard; Lola Barnett; Jimmy Olsen; Ryan Lowell
Reprinted:
  • from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #280 (September 1974)

The Superman Spectaculars (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane
Reprinted:
  • from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #211 (December 1955)

Jimmy Olsen Editor-in-Chief! (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Leo Dorfman
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
George Klein
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Robert Burke
Reprinted:
  • from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #63 (September 1962)

The End of the Planet! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
Al Plastino
Inks:
Al Plastino
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; John Wilton; "Skip" Enders
Synopsis:
When newspaper mogul John Wilton buys the Daily Planet and immediately shuts it down, the former employees start their own paper, gathering scoops in the new jobs they have taken to pay the bills. But Wilton tries to shut down this new competitor permanently.
Reprinted:
  • from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #79 (November-December 1952)

The Daily Planet Story (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
S-5024-A

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Daily Planet logo and text.


Daily Planet (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover; yellow background. Newspaper style promo for stories in the issue. Only illustration is Daily Planet logo.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Best of DC -- Daily Planet
  2. 2. Clark Kent's Masquerade As Superman!
    Superman
  3. 3. How Lois Lane Got Her Job
    Lois Lane
  4. 4. Jimmy Olsen's 1,000th Scoop!
    Jimmy Olsen
  5. 5. The Super-Cigars of Perry White!
    Superman
  6. 6. Clark Kent, Gentleman Journalist!
    Superman
  7. 7. Dear Dr. Cupid!
    Lois Lane
  8. 8. The Last Headline!
    Clark Kent
  9. 9. The Superman Spectaculars
    Superman
  10. 10. Jimmy Olsen Editor-in-Chief!
    Jimmy Olsen
  11. 11. The End of the Planet!
    Superman
  12. 12. The Daily Planet Story
  13. 13. Daily Planet
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
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