The Best of DC #63 [Canadian]

(August 1985)

DC, 1979 Series

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Price: 2.00 CAD
Pages: 100
Indicia Frequency: monthly
On-sale Date: 1985-05-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Barcode: 0709893173008

Editing: Nicola Cuti (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

No date in indicia. Only date is on the cover. On-sale date from DC Releases #15.
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #63 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #63 [Newsstand]

Plop! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Wally Wood (signed)
Inks: Wally Wood (signed)
Colors: ?
Letters: typeset

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #15 (August 1975)

Cover Thumbnail for The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #63 [Canadian]

Cover Thumbnail for The Best of DC (1979 series) #63 [Direct]

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Cover gallery

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Basil Wolverton (signed); Sergio Aragonés (background)
Inks: Basil Wolverton (signed); Sergio Aragonés (background)

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #11 (April 1975)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Full-page illustration. Reprinted Wolverton figure over repeatedly-used Aragonés background.

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Sergio Aragonés
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: Sergio Aragonés

Job Number

G-1979

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #4 (March-April 1974)

Plop! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Skeates
Pencils: Steve Ditko
Inks: Wally Wood
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Job Number

ZA-516

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #16 (September 1975)

Plop! / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Sergio Aragonés (plot); Steve Skeates (dialogue)
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #11 (April 1975)

Plop! / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Skeates
Pencils: Vicente Alcázar
Inks: Vicente Alcázar
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #22 (July-August 1976)

Plop! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Skeates
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #8 (November-December 1974)

Plop! / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: David V. Reed [as Coram Nobis]
Pencils: Wally Wood
Inks: Wally Wood
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #251 (March-April 1977)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Sergio Aragonés
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Job Number

ZA-48

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #2 (November-December 1973)

Plop! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Steve Skeates
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Job Number

ZA-184

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #4 (March-April 1974)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Sergio Aragonés (plot); Steve Skeates (dialogue)
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #4 (March-April 1974)

Plop! / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Sheldon Mayer
Pencils: Alfredo Alcala
Inks: Alfredo Alcala
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #1 (September-October 1973)

Plop! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Maxene Fabe
Pencils: Dave Manak
Inks: Dave Manak
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #14 (July 1975)

Plop! / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script: George Kashdan
Pencils: Nick Cardy
Inks: Nick Cardy
Colors: ?
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #2 (November-December 1973)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Skeates
Pencils: Dave Manak
Inks: Dave Manak
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #8 (November-December 1974)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Skeates
Pencils: Lee Marrs
Inks: Lee Marrs
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #15 (August 1975)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Victor Schwartzman (idea); Maxene Fabe (script)
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #3 (January-February 1974)

Plop! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Don Edwing
Pencils: Dave Manak
Inks: Dave Manak
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #8 (November-December 1974)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Skeates
Pencils: Dave Manak
Inks: Dave Manak
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Job Number

ZA-600

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #19 (January-February 1976)

Plop! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Sergio Aragonés
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #4 (March-April 1974)

Plop! / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Sergio Aragonés
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #1 (September-October 1973)

Plop! / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Starlin
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Jim Starlin
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #207 (October 1972)

Plop! / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Don Edwing
Pencils: Dave Manak
Inks: Dave Manak
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #256 (January-February 1978)

Plop! / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Skeates
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

adventure

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #9 (January-February 1975)

Plop! / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Michael Pellowski
Pencils: Alfredo Alcala
Inks: Alfredo Alcala
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Job Number

J-2009

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #3 (January-February 1974)

Plop! / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Skeates
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #22 (July-August 1976)

Plop! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Ed Noonchester (idea); George Kashdan (script)
Pencils: Bernie Wrightson
Inks: Bernie Wrightson
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor; horror-suspense

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #5 (May-June 1974)

Plop! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Sergio Aragonés
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #4 (March-April 1974)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white.

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

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Series Information

Table of Contents

0. Roarin' Rodney Roadrunner
Plop!
1. [Three-Headed Creature]
2. [Welcome to the Plop Monster Convention]
Plop!
3. Love Is a Dandy!
Plop!
4. The Aladdin Frame-Up
Plop!
5. A Tale before Sunrise
Plop!
6. A Likely Story
Plop!
7. The Collector
Plop!
8. The Demand
Plop!
9. [Interlude]
Plop!
10. A Perfectly Crazy Crime
Plop!
11. The Message
Plop!
12. The Locked Door of Harkness House!
Plop!
13. The Man Who Came to Dinner
Plop!
14. We're Always Working for Your Wowweee!
Plop!
15. All Wet
Plop!
16. Once upon a Swine..
Plop!
17. Vampire at the Circus!
Plop!
18. Bug in the Works
Plop!
19. [Interlude]
Plop!
20. The Escape!
Plop!
21. The Spell
Plop!
22. Cain's Game Room
Plop!
23. The Temple of Ikka-Ka-Ka!
Plop!
24. A Rejection from Cain
Plop!
25. The Dirty Thief
Plop!
26. Molded in Evil
Plop!
27. [Interlude]
Plop!
28. Arms Armstrong
Plop!

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The Best of DC #63 [Canadian] (August 1985)

Issue Notes

Roarin' Rodney Roadrunner (Table of Contents)

Plop! / cover / 1 page (report information)

[Three-Headed Creature] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

[Welcome to the Plop Monster Convention] (Table of Contents: 2)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Love Is a Dandy! (Table of Contents: 3)

Plop! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

The Aladdin Frame-Up (Table of Contents: 4)

Plop! / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

A Tale before Sunrise (Table of Contents: 5)

Plop! / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

A Likely Story (Table of Contents: 6)

Plop! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

The Collector (Table of Contents: 7)

Plop! / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

The Demand (Table of Contents: 8)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

[Interlude] (Table of Contents: 9)

Plop! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

A Perfectly Crazy Crime (Table of Contents: 10)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

The Message (Table of Contents: 11)

Plop! / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

The Locked Door of Harkness House! (Table of Contents: 12)

Plop! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

The Man Who Came to Dinner (Table of Contents: 13)

Plop! / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

We're Always Working for Your Wowweee! (Table of Contents: 14)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

All Wet (Table of Contents: 15)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Once upon a Swine.. (Table of Contents: 16)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Vampire at the Circus! (Table of Contents: 17)

Plop! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Bug in the Works (Table of Contents: 18)

Plop! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

[Interlude] (Table of Contents: 19)

Plop! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

The Escape! (Table of Contents: 20)

Plop! / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

The Spell (Table of Contents: 21)

Plop! / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Cain's Game Room (Table of Contents: 22)

Plop! / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

The Temple of Ikka-Ka-Ka! (Table of Contents: 23)

Plop! / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

A Rejection from Cain (Table of Contents: 24)

Plop! / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

The Dirty Thief (Table of Contents: 25)

Plop! / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Molded in Evil (Table of Contents: 26)

Plop! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

[Interlude] (Table of Contents: 27)

Plop! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Arms Armstrong (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

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

The Best of DC #63 [Canadian]

(August 1985)