The Best of DC #61 [Direct]

(June 1985)

Year's Best Comics Stories (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

The Anatomy Lesson (Table of Contents)

Swamp Thing / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alan Moore

Pencils:

Steve Bissette

Inks:

John Totleben

Colors:

Tatjana Wood

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Swamp Thing; Floronic Man [Jason Woodrue]; General Avery Carlton Sunderland; Alec Holland (in flashback); Linda Holland (as corpse)

Synopsis:

General Sunderland hires Jason Woodrue to examine Swamp Thing and determine how Alec Holland became the monster, but Woodrue discovers that Swamp Thing only thinks that he was Alec Holland. When Sunderland fires Woodrue, the scientist allows Swamp Thing to take revenge on Sunderland for the both of them.

Reprints:

• from The Saga of Swamp Thing (DC, 1982 series) #21 (February 1984)

If Superman Didn't Exist... (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Marv Wolfman

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Gil Kane

Colors:

Tony Tollin

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #554 (April 1984)

Killers Also Smile (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Kanigher

Pencils:

Adrian Gonzales

Inks:

Adrian Gonzales

Colors:

Tatjana Wood

Letters:

Adam Kubert

Content Information

Genre:

war

Reprints:

• from Sgt. Rock (DC, 1977 series) #391 (August 1984)

Guess What's Coming to Dinner? (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz; Keith Giffen (co-plot)

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

Larry Mahlstedt

Colors:

Carl Gafford

Letters:

Adam Kubert

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #308 (February 1984)

Final Duties (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Green Lantern Corps / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Gil Kane

Colors:

Tony Tollin

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Green Lantern (DC, 1976 series) #177 (June 1984)

Viva Nebiros! (Table of Contents)

Blue Devil / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gary Cohn; Dan Mishkin

Pencils:

Paris Cullins

Inks:

Gary Martin

Colors:

Michele Wolfman

Letters:

Todd Klein

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Blue Devil; Justice League of America (cameo)

Reprints:

• from Blue Devil (DC, 1984 series) #5 (October 1984)

Who is Donna Troy? (Table of Contents)

New Teen Titans / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Marv Wolfman; George Perez (co-plot)

Pencils:

George Perez

Inks:

Romeo Tanghal

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from The New Teen Titans (DC, 1980 series) #38 (January 1984)

Babe's Story (Table of Contents)

Atari Force / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Andy Helfer; Gerry Conway (plot)

Pencils:

Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez

Inks:

Ricardo Villagran

Colors:

Tom Ziuko

Letters:

Bob Lappan

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Hukka; Babe; Morphea; Martin Champion; Dart; Tempest [Chris Champion]; Pakrat; Blackjak; Taz

Synopsis:

Babe and Hukka help a new friend destroy his enemies before being rescued by the rest of the team.

Reprints:

• from Atari Force (DC, 1984 series) #8 (August 1984)

"Look, I could have opened up this brand-new column..." (Table of Contents)

Digest Forum / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Nicola Cuti (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

L-1946

Indexer Notes

Announcement of a letters page for the digests.

The Winners (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pat Broderick [as Broderick] signed

Inks:

Pat Broderick [as Broderick] signed

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Back cover. List of interior stories. Rest of cover is continuation of front cover, but not quite a wraparound.