DC Comics Presents #41 [Direct]
(January 1982)

DC, 1978 Series
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Volume
5
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-09-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Joker; Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
S-3774
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; The Joker; Perry White; The Prankster; Wonder Woman (inset)
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The Terrible Tinseltown Treasure-Trap Treachery! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Joker; Superman / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Pasko
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-3738
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; The Joker; Perry White; The Prankster (villain); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Batman (cameo); Robin (cameo); Lana Lang (on tv)
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

A Bold New Direction for... Wonder Woman (Table of Contents: 2)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Romeo Tanghal
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Costanza; Todd Klein (feature logo design)
Editing
Len Wein
Job Number
J-7759
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liz; Dr. Felton; Mr. Winthrop (all as members of the Wonder Woman Foundation); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Boris (foreign spy); Queen Hippolyta; Hercules; Hermes; Dr. Prescott
Synopsis
Wonder Woman stops foreign spies, endorses a new women's group, adopts a new emblem and flies to Paradise Island to prove she's stronger than Hercules, swifter than Hermes-- all while Steve lingers near death.
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Indexer Notes

16 page preview of Wonder Woman with new creative team of Roy Thomas and Gene Colan. Continued in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #288. Inserted between pages 14 and 15 of main story. First new emblem, first new logo incorporating the emblem. Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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

Pair Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3779

Indexer Notes

Letters from Henry R. Kujawa, Chuck Small, Mark Lagasse, and Jon Green.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Joker; Superman
  2. 1. The Terrible Tinseltown Treasure-Trap Treachery!
    The Joker; Superman
  3. 2. A Bold New Direction for... Wonder Woman
    Wonder Woman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Pair Mail
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • John Monagle
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Stangas
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  • Jim Van Dore
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