(January 1986)

DC, 1985 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-09-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike W. Barr (credited) (editor); Barbara Kesel (credited as Barbara Randall) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #20.

Pawns of the Bad Samaritan! (Table of Contents)

The Outsiders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed as Aparo)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed as Aparo)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Outsiders [Katana; Looker; Metamorpho; Geo-Force]; Force of July [Major Victory; Lady Liberty; Silent Majority; Sparkler]; Bad Samaritan
Cover Thumbnail for The Outsiders (DC, 1985 series) #3
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Breaking the Bank! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Outsiders / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr (credited)
Pencils
Jim Aparo (credited)
Inks
Jim Aparo (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Jim Aparo (credited)
Job Number
G-2152
Genre
superhero
Characters
Outsiders [Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; Geo-Force; Halo; Looker [Lia Briggs]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]]; Force of July [Lady Liberty; Major Force; Silent Majority; Sparkler; Mayflower]; Captain Sturdev; Mrs. Rossov; The Bad Samaritan; Premier Gorbachev; Roger Dumont; John Hastings; Major Fremont; Miss Robales; Sapphire Stagg; Lynn Stewart; Edward Bentama
Synopsis
The printing plates for Markovian currency have been stolen. The Outsiders track down the thief but are attacked by the Force of July.
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Spend the Year with DC! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Outside Interference / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr (credited as MWB)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2135

Indexer Notes

Letters from Lewis Call, Ronald Bialkowski, Nick Anastasio, John Diliberto, Marc Kevin Hall, Torence Larkin and Neil A. Ottenstein.

Grip of the Untouchables! Part Two (Table of Contents: 5)

Looker / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr (credited)
Pencils
Steve Lightle (credited)
Inks
Steve Lightle (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Helen Vesik (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Looker; The Untouchables; Chris Fredricks; Carl Fredricks; Roger Dumont
Synopsis
Looker stops the Untouchables, a group of intangible thieves.
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DC's Deluxe Books (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Pawns of the Bad Samaritan!
    The Outsiders
  2. 1. ["Aw c'mon, guys and gals..."]
    Meanwhile...
  3. 2. Breaking the Bank!
    The Outsiders
  4. 3. Spend the Year with DC!
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Outside Interference
  6. 5. Grip of the Untouchables! Part Two
    Looker
  7. 6. DC's Deluxe Books
    DC Comics
  8. 7. ["The first Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards as chosen by comics creators and retailers"]
  9. 8. ["Stories & art worthy of the format."]
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