The Best of DC #42 [Direct]
(November 1983)

DC, 1979 Series
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Volume:
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Price:
1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD
Pages:
100
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Editing:
Nicola Cuti
Format:
Color; 5" x 6.75"; Squarebound; Newsprint; Ongoing

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ross Andru
Inks:
Dick Giordano
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

The Legion of Super-Creatures! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
George Klein
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
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The Midget Menace (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
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The Thing from 40,000 A.D.! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
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The Invulnerable Enemy (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
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The Interplanetary Circus! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Bernstein
Pencils:
Al Plastino
Inks:
Al Plastino
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
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Jimmy Olsen's Private Monster! (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
John Forte
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; TNT Gang; Lucy Lane; Lois Lane
Synopsis:
A monster appears whenever Jimmy uses his signal watch.
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The Creature of 1,000 Disguises (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
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The Super-Human Bomb! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Shooter
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Brainiac; Grax; Lois Lane
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Indexer Notes

Inks credit is given to Wayne Boring in the GCD listing for the original story.


A Doghouse for Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
William Woolfolk
Pencils:
Al Plastino
Inks:
Al Plastino
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Howard Bender
Inks:
Dick Giordano
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

On back cover.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Legion of Super-Creatures!
    Superman
  2. 2. The Midget Menace
    Superman
  3. 3. The Thing from 40,000 A.D.!
    Superman
  4. 4. The Invulnerable Enemy
    Superman
  5. 5. The Interplanetary Circus!
    Superman
  6. 6. Jimmy Olsen's Private Monster!
    Jimmy Olsen
  7. 7. The Creature of 1,000 Disguises
    Superman
  8. 8. The Super-Human Bomb!
    Superman
  9. 9. A Doghouse for Superman!
    Superman
  10. 10. [no title indexed]
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