(June 1978)

DC, 1978 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly (with the exception of May, July, Sept., Nov., and Jan.)
On-sale Date
1978-03-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893121306
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Al Milgrom (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #154.
This issue has variants:

[When Hammer Meets Steel] (Table of Contents)

Steel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Heck (signed)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
C-725
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel the Indestructible Man; Sledgehammer
Cover Thumbnail for Steel, the Indestructible Man (DC, 1978 series) #3
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When Hammer Meets Steel (Table of Contents: 1)

Steel / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel the Indestructible Man [Henry "Hank" Heywood]; Sledgehammer [Emil Sledgeski] (villain, intro, origin); Edward Runyon
Reprints

Imperiled Sub (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Aquaman; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

A Night without Heroes (Table of Contents: 3)

Steel / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Juan Ortiz
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel the Indestructible Man [Henry "Hank" Heywood]; Edward Runyon; Kathy Kulhammer; The Gadgeteer (villain, intro); Major Hannibal Morton; Gloria Giles
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Steel Filings / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Cary Burkett
Pencils
Todd Klein (header)
Inks
Todd Klein (header)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-967

Indexer Notes

Letters from Howard Kinyon and Beppe Sabatini; explains that Todd Klein created, designed, and executed the "Steel Filings" logo.

Volume 78 Issue 13 - Week of March 27, 1978 (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [When Hammer Meets Steel]
    Steel
  2. 1. When Hammer Meets Steel
    Steel
  3. 2. Imperiled Sub
    Aquaman; Hostess Twinkies
  4. 3. A Night without Heroes
    Steel
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Steel Filings
  6. 5. Volume 78 Issue 13 - Week of March 27, 1978
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Matthew Head
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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