The Best of DC #71 [Direct]

(April 1986)

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 Day the Earth Died! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Kupperberg; Ed Hannigan (plot)

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Al Williamson

Colors:

George Roberts

Letters:

Ed King

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Frank (Doorman at Clark Kent's apartment building); Lori Lemaris; Ronal

Synopsis:

Superman contemplates dis-arming all the nuclear weapons on the Earth.

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #408 (June 1985)

Mogo Doesn't Socialize (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Alan Moore

Pencils:

Dave Gibbons

Inks:

Dave Gibbons

Colors:

George Roberts

Letters:

Dave Gibbons

Content Information

Genre:

super-hero; science fiction

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• from Green Lantern (DC, 1976 series) #188 (May 1985)

Trick Trap (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gary Cohn; Dan Mishkin

Pencils:

Keith Giffen

Inks:

Gary Martin

Colors:

Shelly Eiber

Letters:

Todd Klein

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Trickster

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• from Blue Devil (DC, 1984 series) #8 (January 1985)

Brief Lives (Table of Contents)

Omega Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alan Moore

Pencils:

Kevin O'Neill

Inks:

Kevin O'Neill

Colors:

Karin Orlando

Letters:

Todd Klein

Content Information

Genre:

super-hero; science fiction

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• from The Omega Men (DC, 1983 series) #26 (May 1985)

Rite of Spring (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Alan Moore

Pencils:

Stephen Bissette

Inks:

John Totleben

Colors:

Jeanine Casey

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

horror

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• from The Saga of Swamp Thing (DC, 1982 series) #34 (March 1985)

The Silent Treatment (Table of Contents)

Katana / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Barr

Pencils:

Jerome K. Moore

Inks:

Jerome K. Moore

Colors:

Jeanine Casey

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Batman and the Outsiders (DC, 1983 series) #21 [Direct] (May 1985)

Bits of (Ambush) Bugginess (Table of Contents)

Ambush Bug / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Fleming; Keith Giffen (plot)

Pencils:

Keith Giffen

Inks:

Bob Oksner

Colors:

Helen Vesik

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Ambush Bug; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman

Synopsis:

Ambush Bug makes the rounds to his fellow heroes trying to drum up appearances for Ambush Bug #1.

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #565 (March 1985) [retitled and three pages cut]

The Ghost of Krypton Past! (Table of Contents)

Superman and Adam Strange / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Klaus Janson

Inks:

Klaus Janson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:

super-hero; science fiction

Characters:

Superman; Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Zazura

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• from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #82 (June 1985)

Forever Blowing Bubbles (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mike Baron

Pencils:

Marshall Rogers

Inks:

Marshall Rogers

Colors:

George Roberts

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

super-hero; science fiction

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• from Green Lantern (DC, 1976 series) #187 (April 1985)

Just As Night Follows Day... (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Doug Moench

Pencils:

Gene Colan

Inks:

Alfred Alcala

Colors:

Karin Orlando

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Robin; Alfred; Julia Pennyworth; Vicki Vale; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock

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• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #383 (May 1985)

Hukka vs. the Bob! (Table of Contents)

Atari Force / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Fleming; Keith Giffen (co-plot); Karl Kesel (co-plot)

Pencils:

Keith Giffen

Inks:

Karl Kesel

Colors:

Shelly Eiber

Letters:

Bob Lappan

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Hukka; BOB; Chris Champion (off-panel)

Synopsis:

Chris buys the Hukka a new personal robot pal named BOB. But when BOB's antenna breaks, the robot goes on a rampage.

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• from Atari Force (DC, 1984 series) #20 (August 1985)

Digest Forum (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Barbara Randall (signed)

Pencils:

(various)

Inks:

(various)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Comments about the changes made to stories to make them fit the digest format. Also small collage of issue covers from the stories.

Final List (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Keith Giffen ?

Inks:

Karl Kesel ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Back cover. List of stories with cluttered bulletin board background.