DC Comics Presents #72 [Direct]
(August 1984)

DC, 1978 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-04-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Madness in a Dark Dimension! (Table of Contents)

The Joker; Superman; The Phantom Stranger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Saviuk (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Superman; Joker; Phantom Stranger
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Madness in a Dark Dimension! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Joker; Superman; The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Alex Saviuk
Inks
Dennis Jensen
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Milt Snapinn
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Phantom Stranger; Joker; Arkham Asylum; Maaldor the Darklord (villain); Power Girl (flashback)
Synopsis
To deal with magical madness of Maaldor, Superman gets help from the Phantom Stranger and the Joker.
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Pair Mail / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4437

Indexer Notes

Letters from Dale Coe, Peter Perez, George Audis Williams, Neil Ahlquist, Michael Eury, Kevin J. Pratt, Charles D. Brown, Mike McShane, Dorothy Lyra Joyce, Jay Ellit, Jr., The Mad Teamer, and Delmo Walters, Jr.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Madness in a Dark Dimension!
    The Joker; Superman; The Phantom Stranger
  2. 1. Madness in a Dark Dimension!
    The Joker; Superman; The Phantom Stranger
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Pair Mail
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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