The Best of DC #11 [Direct]

(April 1981)

Year's Best Comics Stories (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

The Miraculous Return of Jonathan Kent! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Frank Chiaramonte

Colors:

Gene D'Angelo

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #507 (May 1980)

[Flip] (Table of Contents)

Tales of Gotham City / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack C. Harris

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

Colors:

Tatjana Wood

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #494 (September 1980)

Dreadful Birthday Dear Joker ...! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Walt Simonson

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Joker; Robin; Selina Kyle [Catwoman]

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #321 (March 1980)

Brief Encounter (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mimai Kin

Pencils:

Trevor von Eeden

Inks:

Carl Potts

Colors:

Bob Le Rose

Letters:

Todd Klein

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• from Time Warp (DC, 1979 series) #5 (June-July 1980)

The Man Who Was the World! (Table of Contents)

Superman & Deadman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez

Inks:

Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Characters:

Superman; Deadman; Rama Kushna; Abraham Gold (flashback); Jack Gold (flashback); Caprice (flashback); S.T.A.R. Labs; Dr. Jenet Klyburn; Alex Atley; Carol Atley; Dennis; Mr. Genarian (villain); Lois Lane (cameo)

Reprints:

• from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #24 (August 1980)

A Bridge Called Charlie (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Kanigher

Pencils:

Frank Redondo

Inks:

Frank Redondo

Colors:

Tatjana Wood

Letters:

Esphidy

Content Information

Genre:

war

Reprints:

• from Sgt. Rock (DC, 1977 series) #337 (February 1980)

Star Light, Star Bright... Farthest Star I See Tonight! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz

Pencils:

Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez

Inks:

Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Supreboy [Clark Kent]; Phantom Girl [Tinya Wazzo]; Mon-El; Saturn Girl [Irma Ardeen]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr] (Cameo); Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna] (Cameo); Princess Projectra (Cameo); Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle] (Cameo); Colossal Boy [Gim Allen] (Cameo); Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]

Synopsis:

Superboy convinces the Legion of Super-Heroes to go searching for the star that shown over Bethlehem during Jesus' birth on Christmas Eve.

Reprints:

• from DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #21 (Spring 1980)

The Vow of a Samurai! (Table of Contents)

Jonah Hex / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael Fleisher

Pencils:

Tony Dezuniga

Inks:

Tony Dezuniga

Colors:

Bob Le Rose

Letters:

Shelly Leferman

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Reprints:

• from Jonah Hex (DC, 1977 series) #39 (August 1980)

Bruce the Barbarian! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. Marc DeMatteis

Pencils:

Vicatan

Inks:

Vicatan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #205 (December 1980)

The Secret World of Jonathan Kent! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Frank Chiaramonte

Colors:

Gene D'Angelo

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #508 (June 1980)

The Story Behind the Issue (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell (signed)

Pencils:

Ross Andru

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Last interior page and inside back cover. Explains how the stories were selected. Cover illustration from 1979's "Year's Best Comics Stories" is reprinted in black and white with the text changed from 1979 to 1980.

And the Winners Are... (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. List of interior stories over a background collage of cover the stories appeared in.