The Best of DC #26 [Newsstand]
(July 1982)

DC, 1979 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.95 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-04-08
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Barcode
0709893173007
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Mike W. Barr (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #200.
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #26 [Direct].

The Brave and the Bold (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-923
Characters
Batman; Deadman; Robin Hood; Viking Prince; Silent Knight; Suicide Squad
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The Brave and the Bold (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Batman Presents the Brave and the Bold (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr [as Mike Barr]
Pencils
Jim Aparo (p. 1); Trevor von Eeden (pp. 2-3)
Inks
Jim Aparo (p. 1); Larry Mahlstedt (pp. 2-3)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-8106

Indexer Notes

Characters who have starred in Brave and the Bold.

You Can't Hide from a Deadman! (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman; Deadman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Deadman; Batman; Robin [Richard Grayson]
Reprints

Three Arrows Against Doom! (Table of Contents: 4)

Robin Hood / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Russ Heath
Inks
Russ Heath
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-8106
Genre
adventure
Characters
Robin Hood
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from index of original printing.

Menace of the Mirage People! (Table of Contents: 5)

Suicide Squad / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-8106
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Threat of the Ice King (Table of Contents: 6)

Viking Prince / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-8106
Genre
adventure
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Scripting credit from DC payment book via Gene Reed. Scripting credit is erroneously given in this reprint to Robert Kanigher.

The Sword in the Lake! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Silent Knight / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; historical
Reprints

The Secret Beneath the Earth, Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 8)

Cave Carson Adventures Inside Earth / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Bruno Premiani (credited)
Inks
Bruno Premiani (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-8106
Genre
adventure
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Origin and first appearance.

[The Secret Beneath the Earth] Chapter 2: The Incredible Lava Creature (Table of Contents: 9)

Cave Carson Adventures Inside Earth / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Bruno Premiani
Inks
Bruno Premiani
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Reprints

[The Secret Beneath the Earth] Chapter 3: The Magnetic Monster (Table of Contents: 10)

Cave Carson Adventures Inside Earth / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Bruno Premiani
Inks
Bruno Premiani
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Reprints

Swamp Thing Is Back! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Six Star-Studded Spectaculars (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Characters
Batman; Deadman; Robin Hood; Viking Prince; Silent Knight

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Preview panels of the stories in the issue.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Brave and the Bold
  2. 1. The Brave and the Bold
  3. 2. Batman Presents the Brave and the Bold
  4. 3. You Can't Hide from a Deadman!
    Batman; Deadman
  5. 4. Three Arrows Against Doom!
    Robin Hood
  6. 5. Menace of the Mirage People!
    Suicide Squad
  7. 6. Threat of the Ice King
    Viking Prince
  8. 7. The Sword in the Lake!
    The Silent Knight
  9. 8. The Secret Beneath the Earth, Chapter 1
    Cave Carson Adventures Inside Earth
  10. 9. [The Secret Beneath the Earth] Chapter 2: The Incredible Lava Creature
    Cave Carson Adventures Inside Earth
  11. 10. [The Secret Beneath the Earth] Chapter 3: The Magnetic Monster
    Cave Carson Adventures Inside Earth
  12. 11. Swamp Thing Is Back!
    Swamp Thing
  13. 12. Six Star-Studded Spectaculars
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  • Thomas Johnson
  • Jim Van Dore
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