The Best of DC #10 [Direct]

(March 1981)

Best of DC -- Secret Origins of Super-Villains (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

The Origin of the Penguin! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael Fleisher

Pencils:

Romeo Tanghal

Inks:

Tex Blaisdell

Colors:

Gene D'Angelo

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

Origin of Penguin

Aquaman, Coward-King of the Seas! (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Nick Cardy

Inks:

Nick Cardy

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman; Aqualad; Ocean Master

Reprints:

• from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #29 (September-October 1966)

Indexer Notes

Origin & 1st appearance of Ocean Master

Here Comes Captain Boomerang! (Table of Contents)

Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Flash [Barry Allen]; W. W. Wiggins; Iris West; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]

Reprints:

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #117 (December 1960)

Indexer Notes

Origin & 1st appearance of Captain Boomerang

The Shark That Hunted Human Prey! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Tom Kalmaku; The Shark; Carol Ferris; Bill Bowery

Reprints:

• from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #24 (October 1963)

Indexer Notes

Origin & 1st appearance of the Shark

Shadow Thief of Midway City! (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal]; Shadow-Thief; Commissioner Emmett

Reprints:

• from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #36 (June-July 1961)

Indexer Notes

Origin & 1st appearance of the Shadow Thief

Green Arrow Vs. Red Dart (Table of Contents)

Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Red Dart [John "The Midas" Mallory]

Synopsis:

John Mallory pretends to be the superhero Red Dart to prevent Green Arrow and Speedy from stopping his gang's crime spree.

Reprints:

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #95 (July-August 1958)

Indexer Notes

Origin of the Red Dart

Power of the Parasite! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Shooter

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Parasite; Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #340 (August 1966)

Indexer Notes

Origin & 1st appearance of the Parasite

Villainous Double Dactyls (Table of Contents)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Poetry about DC villains.

[Secret Origins of Super-Villains] (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

?

Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Batman; Aquaman; The Flash; Green Lantern; Hawkman; Green Arrow; Superman; The Penguin, Ocean Master; Captain Boomerang; The Shark; The Shadow-Thief; Red Dart; The Parasite

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Promo for the stories in the issue.