Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe
#3
[Canadian]
(May 1985)
DC,
1985 Series
- Price
- 1.35 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1985-02-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893125105
- Editing
- Len Wein (editor); Marv Wolfman (consulting editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Issue Notes
The writers and colorists are only credited on the inside front cover, not on each individual sequence, so we have listed all of them for each entry.
There are also credits for Peter Sanderson and E. Nelson Bridwell as researchers, Todd Klein for production, Brenda Pope as proofreader, and Neal Pozner as design director.
On-sale date from DC Releases #12.
This issue is a variant of Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (DC, 1985 series) #3 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
There are also credits for Peter Sanderson and E. Nelson Bridwell as researchers, Todd Klein for production, Brenda Pope as proofreader, and Neal Pozner as design director.
On-sale date from DC Releases #12.
This issue is a variant of Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (DC, 1985 series) #3 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Who's Who / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- George Pérez (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Lightning; Black Manta; Black Orchid; Black Pirate; Black Racer; Blackrock; Black Spider; Blackstarr; Blockbuster; Blok; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Blue Devil; Bolt; Bouncing Boy; Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Andre; Jan; Brooklyn; Alfy; Tex; Percy]; The Brain; Brainiac; Brainiac 5; Brain Storm; Brain Wave; Brainwave, Jr.; Breathtaker; Bronze Tiger; Broot; Brother Blood; Brother Power; Bug-Eyed Bandit; Bug; Byte; B'wana Beast; Byth
Indexer Notes
Wrap-around cover. Brotherhood of Evil does not appear.
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Black Lightning
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Lightning; Tobias Whale (background)
- Reprints
-
in Les Vengeurs (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #9 (avril 1987) -
in Black Lightning (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([March] 2018) - in Batman and the Outsiders (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([April] 2018)
-
Black Manta
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Bill Willingham
- Inks
- Romeo Tanghal
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Manta; Aquaman (background)
- Reprints
- in Super Star Comics (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #10 (avril 1987)
-
Black Orchid
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Terry Austin
- Inks
- Terry Austin
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Orchid
- Reprints
- in Super Star Comics (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #10 (avril 1987)
-
Black Pirate
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Jerry Ordway (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Ordway (signed)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Pirate
- Reprints
- in Super Star Comics (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #10 (avril 1987)
-
Black Racer
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Greg Theakston
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Racer
- Reprints
- in Super Star Comics (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #10 (avril 1987)
- in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([May] 2008)
- in The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) (2017 [February 2018])
- in New Gods by Jack Kirby (DC, 2018 series) ([October] 2018)
-
Blackrock
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blackrock; Superman (background)
- Reprints
- in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #10 (avril 1987)
-
Black Spider
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Pat Broderick (signed)
- Inks
- Pat Broderick (signed)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Spider; Batman (background)
- Reprints
- in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #10 (avril 1987)
-
in Batman Monthly (Egmont UK, 1988 series) #18 (December 1989)
-
Blackstarr
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Rick Magyar
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blackstarr; Supergirl (background)
- Reprints
- in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #10 (avril 1987)
-
Blockbuster
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Michael T. Gilbert
- Inks
- Michael T. Gilbert
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blockbuster [Mark Desmond]; Batman (background)
- Reprints
- in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #11 (mai 1987)
- in Batman Monthly (Egmont UK, 1988 series) #30 ([January] 1991)
-
Blok
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Steve Lightle (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Lightle (signed)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blok
- Reprints
- in La Ligue de Justice (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #10 (mai 1987)
-
Blue Beetle
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Steve Rude
- Inks
- Steve Rude
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Blue Beetle [Daniel Garrett] (background)
- Reprints
- in La Ligue de Justice (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #10 (mai 1987)
-
Blue Devil
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Paris Cullins (signed)
- Inks
- Gary Martin (signed)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blue Devil; Nebiros (background)
- Reprints
in Bolt
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Paris Cullins (signed)
- Inks
- Gary Martin (signed)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Todd Klein (Bolt logo design); typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bolt; Blue Devil (background)
- Reprints
- in DC Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #13 (mai 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Bouncing Boy
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Keith Giffen
- Inks
- Karl Kesel
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Todd Klein (Bouncing Boy logo design); typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bouncing Boy
- Reprints
- in DC Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #13 (mai 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Boy Commandos
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Greg Theakston (signed)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Andre; Jan; Brooklyn; Alfy; Tex; Percy]
- Reprints
- in DC Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #13 (mai 1987)
- in The Jack Kirby Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #2 ([July] 2013)
-
The Brain
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as BS)
- Inks
- Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as BS)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Todd Klein (The Brain logo design); typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Brain; Monsieur Mallah (background)
- Reprints
- in DC Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #13 (mai 1987)
- in The Doom Patrol: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) (2019 [January 2020])
-
Indexer Notes
Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Brainiac
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Ed Hannigan (signed)
- Inks
- Mike DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Brainiac; Superman (background)
- Reprints
- in DC Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #14 (juin 1987)
-
Brainiac 5
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Karl Kesel
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Brainiac 5; Supergirl (background); Tharok (background)
- Reprints
- in DC Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #14 (juin 1987)
-
Brain Storm
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Al Williamson
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Todd Klein (Brain Storm logo design); typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Brain Storm; Justice League of America [JLA; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]] (background)
- Reprints
- in DC Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #14 (juin 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Brain Wave
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Joe Staton (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Staton (signed)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Brain Wave; Ultra-Humanite (background)
- Reprints
- in Super Star Comics (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #12 (juillet 1987)
-
Brainwave, Jr.
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Jerry Ordway (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Ordway (signed)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Brainwave, Jr.; Merry, Girl of a 1,000 Gimmicks (background); Brain Wave (background)
- Reprints
- in Electric Warrior (Arédit-Artima, 1987 series) #4 (octobre 1987)
-
Breathtaker
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Rafael Kayanan
- Inks
- Rafael Kayanan
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Breathtaker; Firestorm (background)
- Reprints
- in Electric Warrior (Arédit-Artima, 1987 series) #2 (juin 1987)
-
Bronze Tiger
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Denys Cowan
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Todd Klein (Bronze Tiger logo design); typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bronze Tiger; Batman (background)
- Reprints
- in Super Star Comics (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #12 (juillet 1987)
- in Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter: Coming of the Dragon! (DC, 2021 series) ([April] 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Broot
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Shawn McManus
- Inks
- Shawn McManus
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Broot; Kattayan-Besh (background)
- Reprints
- in Super Star Comics (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #12 (juillet 1987)
-
Brother Blood
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- George Pérez
- Inks
- George Pérez
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Brother Blood
- Reprints
- in Electric Warrior (Arédit-Artima, 1987 series) #4 (octobre 1987)
-
Brotherhood of Evil
Who's Who / character profile / 2 pages
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- George Pérez
- Inks
- George Pérez
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Brotherhood of Evil [The Brain; Monsieur Mallah; Madame Rouge; Garguax; General Immortus; Houngan; Phobia; Plasmus; Warp]
- Reprints
- in Hex (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #10 (août 1987)
- in The Doom Patrol: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) (2019 [January 2020])
-
Brother Power
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino (signed)
- Inks
- Karl Kesel
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Brother Power
- Reprints
- in Hex (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #10 (août 1987)
-
Bug-Eyed Bandit
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (signed as GK)
- Inks
- Gil Kane (signed as GK)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Todd Klein (Bug-Eyed Bandit logo design); typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bug-Eyed Bandit; Atom [Ray Palmer]
- Reprints
- in Hex (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #10 (août 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Bug and Byte
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Rafael Kayanan
- Inks
- Bob Smith
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Todd Klein (logo design); typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bug; Byte; Firestorm (background)
- Reprints
- in Hex (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #10 (août 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
B'wana Beast
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Chuck Patton
- Inks
- Rick Magyar
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- B'wana Beast
- Reprints
- in Hex (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #10 (août 1987)
-
Byth
Who's Who / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Len Wein; Marv Wolfman; Paul Levitz; Gary Cohn
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik; Shelly Eiber; Tatjana Wood; Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Byth; Hawkman [Katar Hol] (background)
- Reprints
- in Les Vengeurs (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #12 (septembre 1987)
-
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Who's Who -
1.
[no title indexed]
Who's Who's Hows and Whys -
2.
Black Lightning
Who's Who -
3.
Black Manta
Who's Who -
4.
Black Orchid
Who's Who -
5.
Black Pirate
Who's Who -
6.
Black Racer
Who's Who -
7.
Blackrock
Who's Who -
8.
Black Spider
Who's Who -
9.
Blackstarr
Who's Who -
10.
Blockbuster
Who's Who -
11.
Blok
Who's Who -
12.
Blue Beetle
Who's Who -
13.
Blue Devil
Who's Who -
14.
Bolt
Who's Who -
15.
Bouncing Boy
Who's Who -
16.
Boy Commandos
Who's Who -
17.
The Brain
Who's Who -
18.
Brainiac
Who's Who -
19.
Brainiac 5
Who's Who -
20.
Brain Storm
Who's Who -
21.
Brain Wave
Who's Who -
22.
Brainwave, Jr.
Who's Who -
23.
Breathtaker
Who's Who -
24.
Bronze Tiger
Who's Who -
25.
Broot
Who's Who -
26.
Brother Blood
Who's Who -
27.
Brotherhood of Evil
Who's Who -
28.
Brother Power
Who's Who -
29.
Bug-Eyed Bandit
Who's Who -
30.
Bug and Byte
Who's Who -
31.
B'wana Beast
Who's Who -
32.
Byth
Who's Who
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- Jim Van Dore
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