The Best of DC #8 [Newsstand]

(November-December 1980)

Best of DC No. 8 -- Superman (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

The Five Other Identities of Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Green Arrow; The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Aquaman; Batman (all as the Justice League of America); Topo; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Zhan-Zar

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #314 (July 1964)

Indexer Notes

Original title: "The Day Superman Became the Flash!"

The 1,000 Lives of Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mona Miles

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #99 (August 1955)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from index of original printing.

From Riches to Rags! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #337 (May 1966)

The Super-Genie of Metropolis! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; an enemy agent (intro, villain); Lori Lemaris (guest appearance); Krypto; Perry White

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #157 (November 1962)

Blind Clark Kent! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #182 (January 1966)

Indexer Notes

1st chapter of "The New Lives of Superman!

Clark the "K"! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Fredy Barnes; Clive Duncan; Perry White (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo)

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #182 (January 1966)

Indexer Notes

2nd chapter of "The New Lives of Superman!

The Super-Cop of Metropolis! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Krypto (guest appearance); Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; green kryptonite (fake)

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #160 (April 1963)

The Shocking Secret of Super-X! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Clark Kent; Super-X; Lana Lang; Professor Smithers

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #408 (January 1972)

Who Stole My Super-Powers? (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Shooter

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

a world-killing alien plant (villain); Superman [Earth-1]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Brad Hunter; Perry White; Iris Allen; green kryptonite

Reprints:

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #220 (October 1969)

Does Superman Need Clark Kent? (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

["Is Clark Kent really Superman?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Superman

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Promo for the stories in the issue.