DC Comics Presents
#42
[Newsstand]
(February 1982)
DC,
1978 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
- Pages
- 40
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-11-05
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893121602
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #196.
This issue is a variant of DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #42 [Direct].
This issue is a variant of DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #42 [Direct].
[no title indexed]
Superman; Unknown Soldier / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-3788
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can the Faceless Warrior return from the grave to hand Superman a secret to save the world?
- Genre
- superhero; war
- Characters
- Superman; Unknown Soldier; Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Unknown Soldier (K. G. Murray, 1982 ? series) ([1982]) -
in Showcase Presents: DC Comics Presents: The Superman Team-Ups (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([September] 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Giacoia cover inker credit from The Comic Reader #196 and signature. Previous indexer credited Dick Giordano.
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The Specter of War!
Superman; Unknown Soldier / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Paul Levitz (credited)
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (credited)
- Inks
- Frank McLaughlin (credited)
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo (credited)
- Letters
- Ben Oda (credited)
- Job Number
- S-3798
- Genre
- superhero; war
- Characters
- Superman; Unknown Soldier; Perry White; General Wilson; Red Tornado; Doctor Klest; Major Amos (villain)
- Reprints
- in Unknown Soldier (K. G. Murray, 1982 ? series) ([1982])
-
in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #46 (1983) -
in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #11/1983 (uke 43 1983) - in Showcase Presents: DC Comics Presents: The Superman Team-Ups (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([September] 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Whatever Happened to the Sandman?
Sandman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Mike W. Barr (credited)
- Pencils
- José Delbo (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Giella (credited)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko (credited)
- Letters
- Phil Felix (credited)
- Job Number
- S-3797
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Miss Baxter (villain); "Snooze" Simpson (villain); Dr. Raymond Baxter (flashback); Sandy the Golden Boy (flashback)
[no title indexed]
Pair Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-3793
Indexer Notes
Letters from Mark Lagasse, Michael Burkhalter, Hank Stone, and Mark Daniel.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Can the Faceless Warrior return from the grave to hand Superman a secret to save the world?"]
Superman; Unknown Soldier -
1.
The Specter of War!
Superman; Unknown Soldier -
2.
Marathon Madman
The Flash; Hostess Cup Cakes -
3.
Whatever Happened to the Sandman?
Sandman -
4.
[no title indexed]
Pair Mail
This issue was modified by
- Jim Van Dore
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