The Best of DC
#52
[Canadian]
(September 1984)
DC,
1979 Series
- Price
- 2.25 CAD
- Pages
- 148
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1984-06-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
- Barcode
- 0709893173009
- Editing
- Nicola Cuti (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Issue Notes
No number or date in the indicia. September 1984 is cover date.
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #52 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #52 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
Year's Best Comics Stories
cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Paris Cullins (signed as Cullins)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed as Giordano)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero; war
- Characters
- Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Green Lantern; Elongated Man; Green Arrow; Teen Titans; Legion of Super-Heroes; Blackhawks; Swamp Thing; Metamorpho; Firestorm; Aquaman
Indexer Notes
Wrap-around cover. Signed on the back cover.
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Best of DC -- Year's Best Comics Stories
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- Nicola Cuti ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Siege!
New Teen Titans / comic story / 23 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- Keith Pollard (layouts)
- Inks
- Romeo Tanghal (finishes)
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- G-1318
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
-
from The New Teen Titans (DC, 1980 series) #35 (October 1983)
-
The Death of Blackhawk Island!
Blackhawk / comic story / 23 pages
- Genre
- adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
- Reprints
- from Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #258 (May 1983)
-
The Birthright
Amethyst / comic story / 25 pages
- Script
- Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Ernie Colón
- Inks
- Ernie Colón
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Amethyst; Dark Opal (intro, villain); Fire Jade (intro); Herb Winston; Marion Winston; Belaz; Granch; Citrina; Sardonyx (villain); Fauna; Laral; Lord Amethyst (flashback); Lady Amethyst (flashback)
- Reprints
- from Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (DC, 1983 series) #1 (May 1983)
-
- Keywords
- Gemworld (introduction)
Violet's Story
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Paul Levitz; Keith Giffen (co-plot)
- Pencils
- Keith Giffen
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors
- Carl Gafford
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #305 (November 1983)
-
The Dummy - Part 2
Sgt. Rock / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Frank Redondo
- Inks
- Frank Redondo
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Esphid Mahilum (as Esphid)
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- from Sgt. Rock (DC, 1977 series) #376 (May 1983)
-
Stopover in a Place of Secret Truths
Swamp Thing / comic story / 23 pages
- Script
- Martin Pasko
- Pencils
- Stephen R. Bissette
- Inks
- John Totleben
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from The Saga of Swamp Thing (DC, 1982 series) #16 (August 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title wrong in Table of Contents.
Look to the Mountaintop
Batman / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #533 (December 1983)
-
You Gotta Be Kidding!!!
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Nicola Cuti
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-1650
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Discussion of the reasons for choosing the stories.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Year's Best Comics Stories
-
1.
Best of DC -- Year's Best Comics Stories
-
2.
Siege!
New Teen Titans -
3.
The Death of Blackhawk Island!
Blackhawk -
4.
The Birthright
Amethyst -
5.
Violet's Story
Legion of Super-Heroes -
6.
The Dummy - Part 2
Sgt. Rock -
7.
Stopover in a Place of Secret Truths
Swamp Thing -
8.
Look to the Mountaintop
Batman -
9.
You Gotta Be Kidding!!!
This issue was modified by
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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