DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest
#20
[Direct]
(April 1982)
DC,
1980 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.95 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-12-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
- Editing
- Laurie Sutton (editor); Dick Giordano (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Dark Mansions of Forbidden Love
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-822
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; romance
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To Wed the Devil
comic story / 41 pages
- Script
- Joe Orlando (plot); Len Wein (script)
- Pencils
- Tony DeZuniga
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense; romance
- Synopsis
- Mistress Sarah's father forces her to leave her true love and marry a man whom he owes a lot of money. Sarah's true love rescues her from her demon worshiping husband.
- Reprints
-
from The Sinister House of Secret Love (DC, 1971 series) #2 (December 1971-January 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
The epilogue, which is primarily text and was originally across 3 pages, is spread across 5 pages here.
Bride of the Falcon
comic story / 36 pages
- Script
- Frank Robbins (signed)
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia (signed); Doug Wildey (uncredited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from The Sinister House of Secret Love (DC, 1971 series) #3 (February-March 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Doug Wildey inks credit per Mark Evanier via a GCD Error Report.
[no title indexed]
Madame Xanadu / illustration / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta)
- Inks
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Michael Wm. Kaluta
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Madame Xanadu
Doorway to Nightmare
Madame Xanadu / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- David Michelinie
- Pencils
- Val Mayerik
- Inks
- Val Mayerik
- Colors
- Elizabeth Safian
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (original editor)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Madame Xanadu
- Reprints
- from Doorway to Nightmare (DC, 1978 series) #1 (January-February 1978)
-
Another Dynamite Comic from the House of Daring Concepts!
Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Scott Shaw; Ross Andru (Superman figure)
- Inks
- Bob Smith
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Carrot; Pig-Iron [Peter Porkchops]; Alley-Kat-Abra [Felina Furr]; Fastback; Rubberduck [Byrd Rentals]; Yankee Poodle [Rova Barkitt]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Promo for Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew series. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Dark Mansions of Forbidden Love
-
1.
[Contents]
-
2.
To Wed the Devil
-
3.
Bride of the Falcon
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Madame Xanadu -
5.
Doorway to Nightmare
Madame Xanadu -
6.
Another Dynamite Comic from the House of Daring Concepts!
Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew -
7.
[no title indexed]
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- Katie
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
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- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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