The Best of DC #59 [Direct]

(April 1985)

Best of DC -- Superman Sagas (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

The Second Coming of Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates; Martin Pasko (assist); John Lamartine (idea)

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

Shelly Eiber

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #5 (November 1977)

The First Coming of Superman! (2nd ch of "The Second Coming of Superman!") (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates; Martin Pasko (assist); John Lamartine (idea)

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

Shelly Eiber

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #5 (November 1977)

A God Walks Among Us! (3rd ch of "The Second Coming of Superman!") (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates; Martin Pasko (assist); John Lamartine (idea)

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

Shelly Eiber

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #5 (November 1977)

The Fall and Rise of Sonzrr! (4th ch of "The Second Coming of Superman!") (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates; Martin Pasko (assist); John Lamartine (idea)

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

Shelly Eiber

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #5 (November 1977)

The One Minute of Doom! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman (brief origin); Supergirl (guest star, brief origin); Krypto (guest star, brief origin); Krypton II (intro, with android duplicates of Kryptonians); Kandor; Fortress of Solitude; Doghouse of Solitude (intro); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Krypton (flashback); Argo City (flashback); Zor-El (flashback); Alura (flashback); Phantom Zone; Brainiac (flashback); Bizarro World; Bizarro #1; Bizarro-Lois #1; Dr. Xadu

Synopsis:

All the surviving beings of Krypton observe a moment of silence to remember the descruction of Krypton.

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #150 (January 1962)

Let My People Grow! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Frank Chiaramonte

Colors:

Helen Vesik

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #338 (August 1979)

The Lilliput Problem! (2nd ch of "Let My People Grow!") (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Frank Chiaramonte

Colors:

Helen Vesik

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #338 (August 1979)

All Creatures Great and Small...! (3rd ch of "Let My People Grow!") (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Frank Chiaramonte

Colors:

Helen Vesik

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #338 (August 1979)

Superman vs Brainiac (Table of Contents)

Superman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

From the DC Comics Style Guide 1982.

[Superman #338 Cover] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Ross Andru

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Supergirl

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #338 (August 1979)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Text in cover UPC box says "The cover that inspired our back cover."

Don't Miss These Exciting Tales! (Table of Contents)

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

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Supergirl

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Scene from interior story "Let My People Grow."