The Best of DC #54 [Direct]

(November 1984)

Best of DC -- Superman Battles Weird Villains (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

Mxyzptlk Spelled Backward Is T-R-O-U-B-L-E (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Pasko

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Frank Chiaramonte

Colors:

Shelly Eiber

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Mr. Mxyzptlk (villain); Miss Bgbznz (intro, weds Mr. Mxyzptlk); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen (cameo)

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #335 (May 1979)

The Sixty Deaths of Solomon Grundy! (Table of Contents)

Superman & Swamp Thing / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steve Englehart

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

Jeanine Casey

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Characters:

Superman; Swamp Thing; Solomon Grundy (villain); Lois Lane; Dr. Jenet Klyburn

Reprints:

• from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #8 (April 1979)

Gorilla Grodd's Grandstand Play! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Elliot Maggin

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

Helen Vesik

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Grodd; Superman; Lois Lane; Morgan Edge; Solovar; the Secretary General of the United Nations

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #424 (June 1973)

Target of the Toymen! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; the original Toyman (villain); the new Toyman (intro, villain)

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #432 (February 1974)

The Man with the Kryptonite Heart (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Pasko

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Tex Blaisdell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; S.T.A.R. Labs; Metallo [Roger Corben, the first Metallo's brother] (intro, villain); SKULL; Dr. Albert Michaels; Steve Lombard; Lois Lane; green kryptonite

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #310 (April 1977)

Happy New Year...Rest in Peace! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Pasko

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Frank Chiaramonte

Colors:

Helen Vesik

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Bizarro #1 (guest star, brief origin); Bizarro World; Bizarro-Morgan Edge; Morgan Edge; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro-Lois Lane (flashback)

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #333 (March 1979)

Star Trek (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

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Letters:

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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for DC's Star Trek comic.