The Best of DC
#30
[Direct]
(November 1982)
DC,
1979 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1982-07-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Mike W. Barr credited as "special consultant."
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Mike W. Barr credited as "special consultant."
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Best of DC Digest #30: Detective Comics
table of contents / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Stage Is Set... for Murder!
Batman / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Del Sartre; Claire Foster; Barry Johnstone; Ezra Jimson
- Reprints
-
from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #425 (July 1972)
-
The Assassin-Express Contract!
The Human Target / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- G-1302
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Human Target (intro, origin); Luigi; T. C. Newman; Harry Cheever
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #419 (December 1972)
-
The Magical Mystery Mirror
The Elongated Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Elongated Man; Sue Dibny; Janice Fell; Dennis Fell; Amos Fell
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #444 (December 1974-January 1975)
-
The Riddle of the Unseen Man!
Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #201 (November 1953)
-
A Burial for Batgirl!
Batgirl; Robin / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hank Osher; Jack Markham; Amos Willard
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #400 (June 1970)
-
Midnight Is the Dying Hour!
Batgirl; Robin / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #401 (July 1970)
-
The Three Feats of Peril!
Mysto Magician Detective / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Mysto
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #209 (July 1954)
-
Case of the Dead-On Target!
Master Crime-File of Jason Bard / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jason Bard; "Rip" Williams; Donna Williams; Ted Crane; Alli Crane; "Silk" Norbus
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #435 (June-July 1973)
-
The Man with 20 Lives
John Jones Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- John Jones [J'onn J'onzz; Manhunter from Mars]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #227 (January 1956)
-
The Ocean Pest!
Captain Compass / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Captain Compass
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #222 (August 1955)
-
Wanted for Murder-One, the Batman
Batman / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; James Gordon; Arthur Reeves (Introduction?); Jonah Jory; "Squeaky" Piper; Sy Semple; Anderson P. Forsythe
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #225 (September 1970)
-
[Case Files]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Manhunter from Mars; Elongated Man; The Human Target; Jason Bard; Roy Raymond; Captain Compass; Mysto
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Promos of the stories with characters and story titles.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Detective Comics
-
1.
Best of DC Digest #30: Detective Comics
-
2.
The Stage Is Set... for Murder!
Batman -
3.
The Assassin-Express Contract!
The Human Target -
4.
The Magical Mystery Mirror
The Elongated Man -
5.
The Riddle of the Unseen Man!
Roy Raymond TV Detective -
6.
A Burial for Batgirl!
Batgirl; Robin -
7.
Midnight Is the Dying Hour!
Batgirl; Robin -
8.
The Three Feats of Peril!
Mysto Magician Detective -
9.
Case of the Dead-On Target!
Master Crime-File of Jason Bard -
10.
The Man with 20 Lives
John Jones Manhunter from Mars -
11.
The Ocean Pest!
Captain Compass -
12.
Wanted for Murder-One, the Batman
Batman -
13.
["It was foretold that England's greatest champion..."]
Camelot 3000 -
14.
[Case Files]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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