The Best of DC #12 [Direct]
(May 1981)

DC, 1979 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.95 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Editing
Julius Schwartz

Issue Notes

Copyright © 1981 DC Comics Inc.
This issue has variants:

Superman in the Past...Future...And on Other Worlds! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
S-5034
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Best of DC -- Superman (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Bus-Ride to Nowhere! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nathan Warbow; Martin Thorpe; May Marigold; Jonathan Slaughter
Reprints

The Sun of Superman! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Dr. Paul Reese
Reprints

The Starry-Eyed Siren of Space! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Kond; Rija
Reprints

Planet of the Angels (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Raphael; Michael; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Gabriel
Reprints

Superman, You're Dead...Dead...Dead! (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Dorfman
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; George Custer
Reprints

The Secret of the Space Souvenirs (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Plastino
Inks
Al Plastino
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
Synopsis
Superman is compelled to collect trophies from space, but doesn't know why.
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Two for You! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Superman in Time-and-Space (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-5036
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Information about the stories in this issue.
On inside back cover.

[Preview of the Issue] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Superman

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Scenes from the interior stories.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Superman in the Past...Future...And on Other Worlds!
    Superman
  2. 1. Best of DC -- Superman
  3. 2. Bus-Ride to Nowhere!
    Superman
  4. 3. The Sun of Superman!
    Superman
  5. 4. The Starry-Eyed Siren of Space!
    Superman
  6. 5. Planet of the Angels
    Superman
  7. 6. Superman, You're Dead...Dead...Dead!
    Superman
  8. 7. The Secret of the Space Souvenirs
    Superman
  9. 8. Two for You!
  10. 9. Superman in Time-and-Space
  11. 10. [Preview of the Issue]
    Superman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Jim Van Dore
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