DC Comics Presents #56 [Newsstand]
(April 1983)

DC, 1978 Series
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Volume
6
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-01-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893121604
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #56 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Death in a Dark Dimension! (Table of Contents)

Power Girl; Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane (signed)
Inks
Gil Kane (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
S-4081
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Power Girl

Indexer Notes

Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. These records also credit Howard Bender with some participation on the cover, likely production and/or colorist.

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Death in a Dark Dimension! (Table of Contents: 1)

Power Girl; Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-4012
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Power Girl [Kara Zor-L] (guest star); Maaldor the Darklord (intro, villain); King of Blimaar (dies)
Synopsis
Maaldor brings Superman and Power Girl to his universe to compete in gladiatorial games.
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks, and job number and page count, confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Pair Mail / letters page / 1.8 pages (report information)

Script
Tamsyn O'Flynn (credited as TOF)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4086

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jose Fonseca, Rick Elliott, Stephen Tomlinson, Kevin Pratt, Rand Lee, Chuck Sholes, and Dustan Levy.

Page count and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Coming Comics / in-house column / 0.2 page (report information)

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Death in a Dark Dimension!
    Power Girl; Superman
  2. 1. Death in a Dark Dimension!
    Power Girl; Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Pair Mail
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    DC Coming Comics
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