The Best of DC #56 [Direct]

(January 1985)

Best of DC -- Superman vs. More Aliens! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

The Island That Invaded the Earth (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

George Roberts

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #251 (May 1972)

The Electronic Ghost of Metropolis (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

Shelley Eiber

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Galaxy Broadcasting computer (villain); Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Morgan Edge; Teach Dilbert; Ziggy

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #244 (November 1971)

The Menace Called 'It' (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

Shelley Eiber

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; It [a spinning blob] (intro); Lana Lang; Perry White; Lois Lane

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #177 (May 1965)

The Skyscraper That Screamed for Its Life (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Elliot Maggin

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

Jeanine Casey

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Ninukab (villain); Superman; Peter Demeos; Clark Kent

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #262 (March 1973)

Danger -- Monster at Work (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

Helen Vesik

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Harold Jenkins; Nathan Warbow; Dr. Farr; S.T.A.R. Labs

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #246 (December 1971)

The Fury of the Energy Eater (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

Karen Orlando

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Galactic Golem (villain, origin); Superman; Clark Kent; Josh Coyle; Bert Smith; Harry Potter; Lex Luthor (flashback); S.T.A.R. Labs; Fortress of Solitude

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #258 (November 1972)

Star Trek (Table of Contents)

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

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Letters:

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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for DC's Star Trek series.

Ooze's Who? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Nicola Cuti

Pencils:

Pat Broderick

Inks:

Pat Broderick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Galactic Golem; Electronic Ghost; Ninukab

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Villains from the stories in this issue.