The Best of DC #22 [Direct]
(March 1982)

DC, 1979 Series
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Volume:
4
Price:
0.95 USD
Pages:
100
Indicia frequency:
Monthly
Indicia Publisher:
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand:
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Editing:
Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Format:
Color; 5" x 6.75"; Squarebound; Newsprint; Ongoing

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

Copyright © 1981 DC Comics Inc.


Christmas with the Super Heroes (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Teen Titans [Aqualad [Garth]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]

Best of DC -- Christmas with the Super-Heroes (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

inside front cover. Table of contents.


The TT's Swingin' Christmas Carol! (Table of Contents)

Teen Titans / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Haney
Pencils:
Nick Cardy
Inks:
Nick Cardy
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Teen Titans [Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Aqualad [Garth]]; Ebenezer Scrounge; Bob Rachet; Tiny Tom; Jacob Farley; Mr. Big
Synopsis:
The Titans relive Dickens' classic story, A Christmas Carol.
Reprinted:
  • from Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #13 (January-February 1968)

Merry Christmas (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Denny O'Neil
Pencils:
Irv Novick
Inks:
Dick Giordano
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Chimp Manners
Reprinted:
  • from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #247 (February 1973)

Freddy Freeman's Christmas! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel, Jr. / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bud Thompson
Inks:
Bud Thompson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Reprinted:
  • from Captain Marvel, Jr. (Fawcett, 1942 series) #46 (February 1947)

A Christmas Peril! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Jerry Robinson
Inks:
Jerry Robinson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Reprinted:
  • from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #27 (February-March 1945)

The Seal Men's War on Santa Claus (Table of Contents)

Sandman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Michael Fleisher
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Mike Royer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Indexer Notes

Originally scheduled to be published in Sandman (DC, 1974 series) #7, and then scheduled to be integrated into a 25-page story in Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth (DC, 1972 series) #61, but both comics were cancelled before these issues were published. Story printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #2.


Robin's (Very) White Christmas! (Table of Contents)

Robin / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Rozakis
Pencils:
José Delbo
Inks:
Vince Colletta
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Robin; Lori Elton; Frank McDonald; Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Aunt Harriet
Reprinted:
  • from Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #4

Indexer Notes

Story title corrected from original.


The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus! (Table of Contents)

Justice League / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Len Wein
Pencils:
Dick Dillin
Inks:
Dick Giordano
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen] (Cameo); The Atom [Ray Palmer] (Cameo); Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (Cameo); Black Canary [Dina Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Red Tornado [John Smith](new costume); Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (Cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Phantom Stranger (cameo) (all as the Justice League of America/JLA); Sue Dibny (cameo); Iris Allen (cameo); Mera (cameo); Kathy Sutton (cameo); Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Santa Simpson; Eric Russell (Iris's father); Fran Russell (Iris's Mother); The Key (villain)
Synopsis:
The murder of a department store Santa Clause puts the JLA on the tail of the Key and his scheme to kill the JLA.
Reprinted:
  • from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #110 (March-April 1974)

Another Dynamite Comic from the House of Daring Concepts! (Table of Contents)

Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Reprinted:
  • from Best of DC, The (1979 series) #21 (February 1982)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew. Cover to #1 is depicted.


[Holiday Greetings] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
George Perez
Inks:
George Perez
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Batman; Robin; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Captain Marvel Jr.; Kid Flash; Aqualad; Wonder Girl; Sandman

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Characters from the stories depicted on ornaments on a Christmas tree.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Best of DC -- Christmas with the Super-Heroes
  2. 2. The TT's Swingin' Christmas Carol!
    Teen Titans
  3. 3. Merry Christmas
    Batman
  4. 4. Freddy Freeman's Christmas!
    Captain Marvel, Jr.
  5. 5. A Christmas Peril!
    Batman
  6. 6. The Seal Men's War on Santa Claus
    Sandman
  7. 7. Robin's (Very) White Christmas!
    Robin
  8. 8. The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus!
    Justice League
  9. 9. Another Dynamite Comic from the House of Daring Concepts!
    Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew
  10. 10. [Holiday Greetings]
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
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