The Best of DC
#50
[Canadian]
(July 1984)
DC,
1979 Series
- Price
- 1.50 CAD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1984-04-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
- Barcode
- 0709893173007
- Editing
- Nicola Cuti (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #50 [Direct].
There exist further variants:
The Year's Best Superman Stories
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- C-706
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
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Best of DC -- The Year's Best Superman Stories
table of contents / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Once-and-Future War!
OMAC; Superman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- George Pérez (breakdowns); Pablo Marcos (finished art)
- Inks
- Pablo Marcos; Rick Hoberg (ink assistance)
- Colors
- Shelly Eiber
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Norman Blank; OMAC [Buddy Blank] (featured); Superman [Clark Kent] (featured); Murdermek (villain); Intercorp Scientists (villains)
- Synopsis
- Terminator-style story with Murdermek traveling back in time to kill the ancestor of Buddy Blank (aka OMAC).
- Reprints
-
from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #61 (September 1983) [recolored]
-
The Kid Who Played Superman!
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Justin Moore (Cub Reporter); Perry White; Mickey Norris; Jimmy Olsen; Mrs. Norris; Morgan Edge; Lana Lang; Invisible Aliens
- Synopsis
- When an invisible alien race lands their spaceship on Earth only little Micky Norris can see them and alert Superman to their scheme.
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #388 (October 1983)
-
Luthor Unleashed!
Superman / comic story / 27 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Ardora (death); Lex Luthor, Jr. (death); Lexor (destruction); the Omega Men
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #544 (June 1983)
-
Ambush Bug II
The Legion of Substitute Heroes; Superman / comic story / 23 pages
- Script
- Keith Giffen (story); Paul Levitz (additional dialogue)
- Pencils
- Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Kurt Schaffenberger (finished art)
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors
- George Roberts
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Polar Boy; Infection Lass; Porcupine Pete; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Color Kid; Antennae Lad; Double-Header]; Superman; Ambush Bug; Chief Zendak of the Science Police
- Reprints
- from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #59 (July 1983)
-
- Keywords
- green kryptonite (photo); red kryptonite (photo); Superman Museum
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Year's Best Superman Stories
Superman -
1.
Best of DC -- The Year's Best Superman Stories
-
2.
The Once-and-Future War!
OMAC; Superman -
3.
The Kid Who Played Superman!
Superman -
4.
Luthor Unleashed!
Superman -
5.
Ambush Bug II
The Legion of Substitute Heroes; Superman -
6.
Year's Best Comics Stories
Best of DC -
7.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by
- Allen Ross
- Jim Van Dore
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