DC Comics Presents #26 [Newsstand]
(October 1980)

DC, 1978 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-07-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893121610
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration and from house ad in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #202.
This issue is a variant of DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #26 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern; Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Starlin (signed as JPS)
Inks
Jim Starlin (signed as JPS)
Colors
Tatjana Wood (sourced)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
S-3391
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stop it, Green Lantern! Your kryptonite is killing me!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis
Green Lantern is holding a giant kryptonite rock over Superman.
Reprints
Keywords
green kryptonite
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Between Friend and Foe! (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern; Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Starlin (credited) (plot); Marv Wolfman (credited) (script)
Pencils
Jim Starlin (credited)
Inks
Steve Mitchell (credited)
Colors
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)
Job Number
S-3376
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The satellite headquarters of the Justice League of America, an orbiting modern-day Camelot where 20th-century knights group before the battle is begun...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (featured); Superman [Clark Kent] (featured); Green Lantern [Archon Z'Gmora]; N'Gon (villain); Archie Jones
Synopsis
N'Gon is attempting to gain power by taking it from other super-beings, but Superman and Green Lantern combine forces to imprison N'Gon.
Reprints
Keywords
green kryptonite; time dimension

Indexer Notes

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

Get the Newest Number Yum! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

She's No Angel (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Hawkman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Where Nightmares Begin! (Table of Contents: 6)

Teen Titans / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Pérez (signed as PEREZ [no spaces])
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed as GiORDANO [dotted i])
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein (sourced) (lettering, series logo design)
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Teen Titans: Changeling [Garfield Logan]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Raven; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Wonder Girl
Donna Troy; an other-dimensional protoplasm
Reprints

Indexer Notes

"Cover" to the preview, complete with Comics Code Authority stamp.

Follows page 13 of the main story.

Where Nightmares Begin! (Table of Contents: 7)

Teen Titans / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
George Pérez (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where do dreams end and nightmares begin?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Teen Titans: Changeling [Garfield Logan] (introduction as Changeling); Cyborg [Victor Stone] (introduction); Kid Flash [Wally West]; Raven (introduction); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Starfire [Koriand'r] (introduction); Wonder Girl
Silas Stone (introduction); Donna Troy; an other-dimensional protoplasm (villain)
Synopsis
Raven uses her powers to enter Dick Grayson's dreams to show him a scene from the not-too-distant future of the new Teen Titans team battling to save the world from an other-dimensional protoplasmic creature.
Reprints
Keywords
Batrope; Donna Troy's Lasso; Manhattan; New York; New York City; S.T.A.R. Labs; Titans Island; Titans Tower

Indexer Notes

Story continues in The New Teen Titans (DC, 1980 series) #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Teen Titans / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Father Knows Best (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper; Richie Rich / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Super Gifts & Gimmicks (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Fun Factory Novelties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Whatever Happened to Sargon the Sorcerer (Table of Contents: 11)

Sargon the Sorcerer / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis (credited)
Pencils
José Delbo (credited)
Inks
Kim DeMulder (credited)
Colors
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)
Editing
Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
And here, ladies and gentlemen, is the highlight of your tour--the famous Ruby of Life--
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Justice League of America: Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback)
Justice League of America: The Atom [Ray Palmer] (flashback); The Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (flashback); Hawkman [Katar Hol / Carter Hall] (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent] (flashback); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (flashback)
Matter Master [Mark Mandrill] (villain); Sargon the Sorcerer [John Sargent] (featured)
Synopsis
The Matter Master attempts to steal the Ruby of Life but Sargon stops him.
Reprints
Keywords
museum

Indexer Notes

No question mark in the title.

Strong Arms Make All the Difference! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Write Right Now!] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Pair Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3432

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Kent Phenis, Craig Skaggs, Carlos Fernandez, Paul Carosella, and Gary Harris. Also includes info about the Great Letter Column Contest and short promo for DC Comics on sale in July.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Daisy 840 / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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