(January 1980)

DC, 1978 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-10-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893121601
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #173.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Firestorm; Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
José Luis García-López (signed as Garcia Lopez)
Inks
José Luis García-López (signed as Garcia Lopez)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Todd Klein
Job Number
S-3243
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Firestorm; Killer Frost
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz' editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

Cover Thumbnail for DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #17 Cover Thumbnail for DC Comics Presents (1978 series) #17 [British]
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The Ice Slaves of Killer Frost! (Table of Contents: 1)

Firestorm; Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
José Luis García-López (credited)
Inks
Steve Mitchell (credited)
Colors
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)
Job Number
S-3219
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]; Killer Frost [Dr. Crystal Frost] (villain); Doreen Day, Cliff Carmichael; S.T.A.R. Labs; Professor Knudson
Synopsis
Superman accidentally frees Killer Frost, and Firestorm re-forms to help defeat her. Superman offers Firestorm a chance to join the Justice League of America.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

The Stony-Eyed Medusa (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero

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

Pair Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3249

Indexer Notes

Letters from Kurt S. Olsson, Ed Via, and Tamsyn O'Flynn.

Volume 79 Issue 40 - Week of October 8, 1979 (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Bob Rozakis
Job Number
P-340
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Firestorm; Superman
  2. 1. The Ice Slaves of Killer Frost!
    Firestorm; Superman
  3. 2. The Stony-Eyed Medusa
    The Flash; Hostess Fruit Pies
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Pair Mail
  5. 4. Volume 79 Issue 40 - Week of October 8, 1979
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Marchand
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Andrew S. Troth
  • Jim Van Dore
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