The Best of DC #59 [Direct]

(April 1985)

Best of DC -- Superman Sagas (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Nicola Cuti ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[Introduction] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Cary Bates (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

Shelly Eiber (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #5 - Superman Spectacular ([November] 1977)

The Second Coming of Superman! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

Shelly Eiber (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #5 - Superman Spectacular ([November] 1977)

Chapter Two: The First Coming of Superman! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

Shelly Eiber (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #5 - Superman Spectacular ([November] 1977)

Chapter Three: A God Walks Among Us! (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

Shelly Eiber (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #5 - Superman Spectacular ([November] 1977)

Chapter Four: The Fall and Rise of Sonzrr! (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

Shelly Eiber (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #5 - Superman Spectacular ([November] 1977)

The One Minute of Doom! (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman (brief origin); Supergirl (guest star, brief origin); Krypto (guest star, brief origin); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Zor-El (flashback); Alura (flashback); Brainiac (flashback); 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)

Keywords

Argo City (flashback); Bizarro World; Doghouse of Solitude (introduction); Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Krypton (flashback); Krypton II (introduction with android duplicates of Kryptonians); Phantom Zone

Let My People Grow! (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Frank Chiaramonte (credited)

Colors

Helen Vesik (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

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

Chapter Two: The Lilliput Problem! (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Frank Chiaramonte (credited)

Colors

Helen Vesik (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

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

Chapter Three: All Creatures Great and Small...! (Table of Contents: 10)

Superman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Frank Chiaramonte (credited)

Colors

Helen Vesik (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

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

Superman vs Brainiac (Table of Contents: 11)

Superman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

José Luis García-López

Inks

?

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

From the DC Comics Style Guide 1982.

[Superman #338 Cover] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Pencils

Ross Andru (signed)

Inks

Dick Giordano (signed)

Letters

?

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: 13) (Expand) /

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