The Best of DC #27 [Direct]

(August 1982)

Best of DC -- Superman versus Luthor (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

The Luthor Nobody Knows! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Elliot Maggin

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Bob Oksner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lex Luthor (villain, origin); Superman; Clark Kent; Roy Raymond; Perry White; Superboy; Smallville Police Chief Douglas Parker; green kryptonite

Reprinted:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #292 (October 1975)

Superman's Super Hold-Up! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Luthor; Lois Lane

Reprinted:

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #59 (July-August 1952)

The Most Dangerous Door in the World! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Jack Abel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprinted:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #213 (January 1969)

Success is a Heartbeat Away! (Part II of "The Most Dangerous Door in the World") (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Jack Abel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprinted:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #213 (January 1969)

The Luthor Story (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell (signed)

Pencils:

(various)

Inks:

(various)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Lex Luthor; Ardora; Superman (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Article illustrated with panels from stories featuring Luthor.

The Death of Luthor! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Lexor; Ardora; Green Kryptonite; Brainiac (cameo)

Reprinted:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 (November 1964)

The Condemned Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Ardora; Lexor; Lex Luthor (villain)

Reprinted:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #319 (December 1964)

Luthor's Hammer of Hate! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lex Luthor; Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Anton Falenni; Dr. Thames

Reprinted:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #423 (April 1973)

Lex Luthor--Super Scalp Hunter! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Elliot Maggin

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lex Luthor (villain); Superman; Clark Kent; Perry White; Steve Lombard; Ali; Lois Lane; Carol

Reprinted:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #282 (December 1974)

Swamp Thing is Back! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tom Yeates

Inks:

Tom Yeates

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Swamp Thing

Reprinted:

• from Best of DC, The (1979 series) #24 (May 1982) [minus on-sale date blurb]

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for Swamp Thing #1.

Superman's Most Exciting Battles with his Arch-Foe! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lex Luthor

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.