The Best of DC #23 [Direct]

(April 1982)

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.

To Kill a Legend (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alex Brennert

Pencils:

Dick Giordano

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprinted:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #500 (March 1981)

Sivana's Nobel! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

Don Newton

Inks:

Dan Adkins

Colors:

Jerry Serpe

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprinted:

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #273 (November 1981)

The Dummy (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bob Kanigher

Pencils:

Frank Redondo

Inks:

Frank Redondo

Colors:

Bob Le Rose

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Reprinted:

• from Sgt. Rock (DC, 1977 series) #349 (February 1981)

A Day in the Lives... (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Marv Wolfman

Pencils:

George Perez

Inks:

Romeo Tanghal

Colors:

Tom Ziuko

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprinted:

• from New Teen Titans, The (DC, 1980 series) #8 (June 1981)

The Piper at the Gates of Hell (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. Marc DeMatteis

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

Colors:

Jerry Serpe

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

Fantasy

Reprinted:

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #288 (January 1981)

The Haunting (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mike Fleisher

Pencils:

Dick Ayers

Inks:

Tony Dezuniga

Colors:

Bob Le Rose

Letters:

Shelly Leferman

Content Information

Genre:

western

Reprinted:

• from Jonah Hex (DC, 1977 series) #53 (October 1981)

Triumph! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern Corps / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein; Mike Barr (plot)

Pencils:

Joe Staton

Inks:

Frank McLaughlin

Colors:

Tony Tollin

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Reprinted:

• from Tales of the Green Lantern Corps (DC, 1981 series) #3 (July 1981)

Whatever Happened to the Crimson Avenger? (Table of Contents)

Crimson Avenger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Alex Saviuk

Inks:

Dennis Jensen

Colors:

Gene D'Angelo

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Stripesy; Green Arrow [Earth-2]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Speedy [Earth-2]; Star-Spangled Kid; Shining Knight (all as the Seven Soldiers of Victory, all flashback); Crimson Avenger (death); Nebula-Man (flashback); Elongated Man (flashback); Dr. Fate (flashback); Power Girl (flashback); pirates (villains)

Reprinted:

• from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #38 (October 1981)

Indexer Notes

Death of the Crimson Avenger

The Pursuit of Joy (Table of Contents)

Tales of Gotham City / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Barr

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

Colors:

Tom Ziuko

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprinted:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #507 (October 1981)

The Dying Day of Lois and Lana! (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:

Todd Klein

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Phantom Zone; Lex Luthor (villain); Jax-Ur (villain); General Zod (villain); Faora Hu-Ul (villain); Lana Lang; Professor Lewis Lang; Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Josh Coyle; Fortress of Solitude

Reprinted:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #363 (September 1981)

Choosing the Year's Best (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

S-5059-A

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

The Best Stories of 1981 (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Covers to the stories in the issue.