The Best of DC #71 [Canadian]

(April 1986)

Year's Best Comics Stories (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

The Day the Earth Died! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Kupperberg (credited) (script); Ed Hannigan (credited) (plot)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Al Williamson (credited)

Colors

George Roberts (credited)

Letters

Ed King (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Frank (Doorman at Clark Kent's apartment building); Lori Lemaris; Ronal

Synopsis

Superman contemplates dis-arming all the nuclear weapons on the Earth.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #408 (June 1985)

Mogo Doesn't Socialize (Table of Contents: 3)

Green Lantern Corps / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

Dave Gibbons (credited)

Inks

Dave Gibbons (credited)

Colors

George Roberts (credited)

Letters

Dave Gibbons (credited)

Feature Logo

Tales of the Green Lantern Corps

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Reprints

• from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #188 (May 1985)

Trick Trap (Table of Contents: 4)

Blue Devil / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Cohn (credited); Dan Mishkin (credited)

Pencils

Keith Giffen (credited)

Inks

Gary Martin (credited)

Colors

Shelly Eiber (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Trickster

Reprints

• from Blue Devil (DC, 1984 series) #8 (January 1985)

Brief Lives (Table of Contents: 5)

Omega Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

Kevin O'Neill (credited)

Inks

Kevin O'Neill (credited)

Colors

Karin Orlando (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Reprints

• from The Omega Men (DC, 1983 series) #26 (May 1985)

Rite of Spring (Table of Contents: 6)

Swamp Thing / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

Stephen R. Bissette (credited as Stephen Bissette)

Inks

John Totleben (credited)

Colors

Jeanine Casey (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Saga of Swamp Thing (DC, 1982 series) #34 (March 1985)

The Silent Treatment (Table of Contents: 7)

Katana / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Mike W. Barr (credited)

Pencils

Jerome Moore (credited as Jerome K. Moore)

Inks

Jerome Moore (credited as Jerome K. Moore)

Colors

Jeanine Casey (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Batman and the Outsiders (DC, 1983 series) #21 (May 1985)

Bits of (Ambush) Bugginess (Table of Contents: 8)

Ambush Bug / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Keith Giffen (credited) (plot); Robert Loren Fleming (credited)

Pencils

Keith Giffen (credited)

Inks

Bob Oksner (credited)

Colors

Helen Vesik (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Ambush Bug; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman

Synopsis

Ambush Bug makes the rounds to his fellow heroes trying to drum up appearances for Ambush Bug #1.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #565 (March 1985)

Indexer Notes

Original title: "$ellout or Manna from Mando." Three pages cut.

The Ghost of Krypton Past! (Table of Contents: 9)

Adam Strange; Superman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Cary Bates (credited)

Pencils

Klaus Janson (credited)

Inks

Klaus Janson (credited)

Colors

Klaus Janson (credited)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Superman; Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Zazura

Reprints

• from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #82 (June 1985)

Forever Blowing Bubbles (Table of Contents: 10)

Green Lantern Corps / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Baron (credited)

Pencils

Marshall Rogers (credited)

Inks

Marshall Rogers (credited)

Colors

George Roberts (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Reprints

• from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #187 (April 1985)

Just As Night Follows Day... (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Doug Moench (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (credited)

Colors

Karin Orlando (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited); Albert DeGuzman (credited as Albert)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Robin; Alfred; Julia Pennyworth; Vicki Vale; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #383 (May 1985)

Hukka vs. the Bob! (Table of Contents: 12)

Atari Force / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Keith Giffen (credited) (co-plot); Karl Kesel (credited) (co-plot); Robert Loren Fleming (credited)

Pencils

Keith Giffen (credited)

Inks

Karl Kesel (credited)

Colors

Shelly Eiber (credited)

Letters

Bob Lappan (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Hukka; BOB; Chris Champion (off-panel)

Synopsis

Chris buys the Hukka a new personal robot pal named BOB. But when BOB's antenna breaks, the robot goes on a rampage.

Reprints

• from Atari Force (DC, 1984 series) #20 (August 1985)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Digest Forum / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Barbara Kesel (credited as Barbara Randall)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Comments about the changes made to stories to make them fit the digest format. Also small collage of issue covers from the stories.

Final List (Table of Contents: 14)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Keith Giffen

Inks

Karl Kesel

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Indexer Notes

Back cover. List of stories with cluttered bulletin board background.