DC Comics Presents #51 [Canadian]
(November 1982)

DC, 1978 Series
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Volume
5
Price
0.75 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1982-08-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893121611
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #203.
This issue is a variant of DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #51 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Atom; Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Saviuk (signed)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Atom [Ray Palmer]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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Rendezvous with Death (Table of Contents: 1)

The Atom; Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Mishkin
Pencils
Alex Saviuk
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Phil Felix
Job Number
S-3971
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Professor Alpheus Hyatt; Var-El; Orgons (aliens, villains)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

A Time-Pool story.

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

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where science ends -- magic begins...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
He-Man [Prince Adam]; Teela; Man-At-Arms [Duncan]; Battle Cat [Cringer]; Zodac Zur; Skeletor [Keldor]; Beast Man [Raqquill Rqazz]

Indexer Notes

"Cover" of Masters of the Universe preview. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

Fate Is the Killer (Table of Contents: 3)

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Ben Oda
Editing
Dave Manak
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
He-Man [Prince Adam]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Teela; Man-At-Arms [Duncan]; Battle Cat [Cringer]; Sorceress [Teela 'na]; Zodac Zur; Skeletor [Keldor]; Beast Man [Raqquill Rqazz]
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Indexer Notes

Masters of the Universe preview story. Story continues in Masters of the Universe #1. Special insert between pages 13 & 14 of main story.

A Bad Case of Worms (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Worms Novelty Toy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Pair Mail / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3987

Indexer Notes

Letters from Anthony R Cardno, Larry Schulz, Neil Ahlquist, Mark Lagasse, W Gregg Stamey Jr, Jef Hammons, Scott Gibson, Kirk Owen, Vincent Forrington, Matt Greco, Don Carnes, Wallace Lee Hopkins, Erik Cropley, Ronald Melendez, and Mike Spicer.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Atom; Superman
  2. 1. Rendezvous with Death
    The Atom; Superman
  3. 2. ["Where science ends -- magic begins..."]
    He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
  4. 3. Fate Is the Killer
    He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
  5. 4. A Bad Case of Worms
    Worms Novelty Toy
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Pair Mail
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