(December 1979)

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Volume
29
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-09-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893053012
Editing
Paul Levitz (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #172.
This issue has variants:

The Final Installment (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Orlando (signed as Joe Orlando)
Inks
Joe Orlando (signed as Joe Orlando)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
C-191
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pay the final installment... and die!
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Inks
Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-6051
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain

Indexer Notes

Introductory page.

Final Installment (Table of Contents: 2)

Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Kelley
Pencils
Johnny Craig
Inks
Johnny Craig
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Jean Simek

Job Number
J-5346
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host); Charley; Big Dan; Paulie; O’Toole
Reprints
Keywords
drugs; plague

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Cain's Game Room / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dave Manak (signed)
Pencils
Dave Manak (signed)
Inks
Dave Manak (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Dave Manak

Job Number
J-5400
Genre
humor; horror-suspense

The Stony-Eyed Medusa (Table of Contents: 4)

The Flash; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Perfection (Table of Contents: 5)

Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Stuart Hopen; Catherine Barret Andrews (credited as Catherine Barrett Andrews)
Pencils
Noly Zamora
Inks
Noly Zamora
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
?

Job Number
J-5408
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Cain's Mail Room / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-388

Indexer Notes

Letter of comment from readers Kimberly Arber and Rich M. LaBrea.

Bugaboo (Table of Contents: 7)

Abel / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Potter
Pencils
Ramona Fradon
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
John Workman

Job Number
J-5358
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Abel (host)
Reprints

Volume 79 Issue 39 - Week of September 24, 1979 (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti (illustration); Fred Hembeck (cartoon)
Inks
Jerry Grandenetti (illustration); Fred Hembeck (cartoon)
Colors
?
Letters
Fred Hembeck (cartoon); typeset
Editing
Bob Rozakis

Job Number
P-339
Characters
Force 3; Flash [Barry Allen]; Mirror Master
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Final Installment
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Final Installment
    Cain the Caretaker
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Cain's Game Room
  5. 4. The Stony-Eyed Medusa
    The Flash; Hostess Fruit Pies
  6. 5. Perfection
    Cain the Caretaker
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Cain's Mail Room
  8. 7. Bugaboo
    Abel
  9. 8. Volume 79 Issue 39 - Week of September 24, 1979
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mark Muller
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore