The Best of DC #27 [Newsstand]
(August 1982)

DC, 1979 Series
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Volume:
4
Price:
0.95 USD
Pages:
100
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand:
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Barcode:
?
Editing:
Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Format:
Color; 5" x 6.75"; Squarebound; Newsprint; Ongoing

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #27 [Direct].


Superman versus Luthor (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Ross Andru
Inks:
Dick Giordano
Colors:
?
Job Number:
S-5063

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Lex Luthor

Best of DC -- Superman versus Luthor (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.


The Luthor Nobody Knows! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Elliot Maggin
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Bob Oksner
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lex Luthor (villain, origin); Superman; Clark Kent; Roy Raymond; Perry White; Superboy; Smallville Police Chief Douglas Parker; green kryptonite
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Superman's Super Hold-Up! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Luthor; Lois Lane
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The Most Dangerous Door in the World! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Cary Bates
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Jack Abel
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
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Success is a Heartbeat Away! (Part II of "The Most Dangerous Door in the World") (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Cary Bates
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Jack Abel
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
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The Luthor Story (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
E. Nelson Bridwell (signed)
Pencils:
(various)
Inks:
(various)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Lex Luthor; Ardora; Superman (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Article illustrated with panels from stories featuring Luthor.


The Death of Luthor! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
George Klein
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Lexor; Ardora; Green Kryptonite; Brainiac (cameo)
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The Condemned Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
George Klein
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Ardora; Lexor; Lex Luthor (villain)
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Luthor's Hammer of Hate! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Cary Bates
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Murphy Anderson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lex Luthor; Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Anton Falenni; Dr. Thames
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Lex Luthor--Super Scalp Hunter! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Elliot Maggin
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lex Luthor (villain); Superman; Clark Kent; Perry White; Steve Lombard; Ali; Lois Lane; Carol
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Swamp Thing is Back! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Tom Yeates
Inks:
Tom Yeates
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Swamp Thing
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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for Swamp Thing #1.


Superman's Most Exciting Battles with his Arch-Foe! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Lex Luthor

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Best of DC -- Superman versus Luthor
  2. 2. The Luthor Nobody Knows!
    Superman
  3. 3. Superman's Super Hold-Up!
    Superman
  4. 4. The Most Dangerous Door in the World!
    Superman
  5. 5. Success is a Heartbeat Away! (Part II of "The Most Dangerous Door in the World")
    Superman
  6. 6. The Luthor Story
  7. 7. The Death of Luthor!
    Superman
  8. 8. The Condemned Superman!
    Superman
  9. 9. Luthor's Hammer of Hate!
    Superman
  10. 10. Lex Luthor--Super Scalp Hunter!
    Superman
  11. 11. Swamp Thing is Back!
    Swamp Thing
  12. 12. Superman's Most Exciting Battles with his Arch-Foe!
    Superman
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Peter Croome
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Jon Ingersoll