The Best of DC #60 [Newsstand]

(May 1985)

DC, 1979 Series

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Price: 1.50 USD
Pages: 100
Indicia Frequency: monthly
On-sale Date: 1985-02-07
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Barcode: 0709893173005

Editing: Nicola Cuti ?; Joe Orlando ?

Issue Notes

No date in indicia. Only date is on the cover. On-sale date from DC Releases #12.
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #60 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #60 [Canadian]

Plop! / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #13 (June 1975)

Cover Thumbnail for The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #60 [Newsstand]

Cover Thumbnail for The Best of DC (1979 series) #60 [Direct]

Edit cover

Cover gallery

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Wolverton)
Inks: Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Wolverton)

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #7 (September-October 1974)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover featuring a full-page black and white drawing with the indicia information at the bottom of the page.

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

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

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Cain; Abel

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #1 (September-October 1973) [page 1 only]

Indexer Notes

Introduction

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It begins before the campus bulletin board.

Genre

humor

Reprints

from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #202 (May 1972)

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

Script: Steve Skeates (credited as writer)
Pencils: Bernie Wrightson (signed as Wrightson 72) (credited as artist)
Inks: Bernie Wrightson (signed as Wrightson 72) (credited as artist)
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fat... gross... a slob... any of these terms would apply to Vernon Glute...

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

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

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

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

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #6 (July-August 1974)

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

Script: Marv Wolfman
Pencils: Wally Wood
Inks: Wally Wood
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Job Number

J-2028

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

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

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

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #6 (July-August 1974)

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

Script: Steve Skeates
Pencils: Frank Robbins
Inks: Frank Robbins
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

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

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

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #7 (September-October 1974)

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

Script: ?
Pencils: Murphy Anderson
Inks: Murphy Anderson
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor; superhero

Reprints

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

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

Script: Jack Oleck
Pencils: Dave Manak (credited as David Manak)
Inks: Dave Manak (credited as David Manak)
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

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

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

Script: Steve Skeates; John Jacobson (plot)
Pencils: Bill Draut
Inks: Bill Draut
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #6 (July-August 1974)

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

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

Genre

humor; superhero

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #10 (March-April 1975)

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

Script: Steve Skeates
Pencils: Frank Robbins
Inks: Frank Robbins
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #17 (October 1975)

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

Script: ?
Pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta (credited as Mike Kaluta)
Inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta (credited as Mike Kaluta)
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Reprints

from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #202 (May 1972)

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

Script: ?
Pencils: Sid Greene
Inks: Sid Greene
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #202 (May 1972)

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

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

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #24 (November-December 1976)

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

Script: Steve Skeates; Michael Pellowski (idea)
Pencils: Frank Thorne
Inks: Frank Thorne
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

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

Script: David Vern (credited as Coram Nobis)
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

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

Script: ?
Pencils: ?
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

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

Script: Jack Oleck
Pencils: Dave Manak (credited as David Manak)
Inks: Dave Manak (credited as David Manak)
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #7 (September-October 1974)

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

Script: Arnold Drake
Pencils: Bill Draut
Inks: Bill Draut
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

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

Script: E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

humor; horror-suspense

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #12 (May 1975)

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

Script: Wally Wood
Pencils: Wally Wood
Inks: Wally Wood
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre

satire-parody

Reprints

from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #23 (September-October 1976)

Plop! / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés (signed as Aragonés)
Inks: Sergio Aragonés (signed as Aragonés)
Letters: ?

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Full-page illustration.

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

Script: ?
Pencils: Basil Wolverton
Inks: Basil Wolverton
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Back cover. List of artists in the issue and reprint of part of cover of Plop! #3.

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Series Information

Table of Contents

0. Multiple Mouth McCardy
Plop!
1. [Brain Creature]
2. Welcome to Plop!
3. The Poster Plague!
Plop!
4. The Gourmet
Plop!
5. Depressed Elephant
Plop!
6. Wednesday's Child
Plop!
7. The Showdown Sonata
Plop!
8. The Last Laugh!
Plop!
9. The Lawn That Devoured Cleveland
Plop!
10. Super Plops
Plop!
11. The Killer Kind! Or... Please Leave My Ants Alone!
Plop!
12. The Uninvited Guest!
Plop!
13. The Secret Origin of Grooble Man!
Plop!
14. Old Butterfly Story
Plop!
15. [Cain from House of Mystery]
16. Trick or Treat
Plop!
17. A Fate Worse Than Death
Plop!
18. The Ultimate Weapon!
Plop!
19. The Ultimate Freedom
Plop!
20. Prescription Plops
Plop!
21. Switch Ending
Plop!
22. Moment of Decision!
Plop!
23. What Are Little Ghouls Made of?
Plop!
24. The King of the Ring
Plop!
25. [Laughing People and Creatures]
Plop!
26. Plop!
Plop!

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Peter Croome
Thomas Johnson
Jim Van Dore

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The Best of DC #60 [Newsstand] (May 1985)

Issue Notes

Multiple Mouth McCardy (Table of Contents)

Plop! / cover / 1 page (report information)

[Brain Creature] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Welcome to Plop! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Indexer Notes

The Poster Plague! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

The Gourmet (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Depressed Elephant (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Wednesday's Child (Table of Contents: 6)

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

The Showdown Sonata (Table of Contents: 7)

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

The Last Laugh! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

The Lawn That Devoured Cleveland (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Super Plops (Table of Contents: 10)

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

The Killer Kind! Or... Please Leave My Ants Alone! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

The Uninvited Guest! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

The Secret Origin of Grooble Man! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Old Butterfly Story (Table of Contents: 14)

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

[Cain from House of Mystery] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Trick or Treat (Table of Contents: 16)

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

A Fate Worse Than Death (Table of Contents: 17)

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

The Ultimate Weapon! (Table of Contents: 18)

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

The Ultimate Freedom (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Prescription Plops (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Switch Ending (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Moment of Decision! (Table of Contents: 22)

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

What Are Little Ghouls Made of? (Table of Contents: 23)

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

The King of the Ring (Table of Contents: 24)

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

[Laughing People and Creatures] (Table of Contents: 25)

Plop! / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Plop! (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Indexer Notes

The Best of DC #60 [Newsstand]

(May 1985)