([October] 1977)
DC,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 6
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1977-07-19
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Barcode
- 0709893217910
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor); Paul Levitz (credited) (editorial coordinator)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #145. UPC indicates this is an October issue. In-house ads for October titles indicate a planned on-sale date of July 7, 1977.
The Best of DC, Volume 1
cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (credited) (signed as
Neal Adams) - Inks
- Neal Adams (credited) (signed as Neal Adams)
- Colors
- Sol Harrison
- Genre
- horror-suspense; superhero; war; western-frontier
- Characters
- Superman; Batman; Flash; Firehair
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Includes a table of contents.
Night of the Reaper!
Batman / comic story / 25 pages
- Script
- Bernie Wrightson (credited as Berni Wrightson) (idea); Harlan Ellison (credited) (assist); Denny O'Neil (credited)
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (credited) (original editor)
- Job Number
- J-4914
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin; Doctor Gruener
- Reprints
-
from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #237 (December 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Rutland, Vermont story. Halloween revelers are costumed as Hawkman, Captain America, Havok, Captain Marvel, Superman, Aquaman, Solomon Grundy, Batman, Man-Bat, Batgirl, the Phantom Stranger, Quicksilver, Spider-Man, Cain, Abel, and Thor.
The Demon Within!
Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Orlando (credited) (plot); John Albano (credited)
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (credited)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jim Aparo
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (original editor)
- Job Number
- J-4915
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #201 (April 1972)
-
The Doorway to the Unknown!
The Flash / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- John Broome (credited)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Giella (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn ?
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- Job Number
- J-4916
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash; Fred Dallman
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #148 (November 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
The panels of the final page of this story are reconfigured to turn the page from 2/3 of a page to a full page for this reprint.
Dirty Job
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bob Haney (credited)
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (credited)
- Inks
- Alex Toth (credited)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Editing
- Joe Kubert (original editor)
- Job Number
- J-4917
- Genre
- religious; war
- Characters
- Jesus
- Reprints
- from Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #241 (February 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Colorist credit from Mike Catron via the GCD Errors list.
[no title indexed]
Firehair / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Kubert (credited) (signed as
Joe Kubert) - Pencils
- Joe Kubert (credited) (signed as Joe Kubert)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (credited) (signed as Joe Kubert)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Editing
- Joe Kubert (original editor)
- Job Number
- J-4918
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Night… a star-studded sky tints the deep arroyos and broad mesas below…
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Firehair
- Reprints
- from Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #136 (September-October 1971)
-
The Last Days of Superman! Part I: Superman's Death Sentence!
Superman / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (credited)
- Inks
- George Klein (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (original editor)
- Job Number
- J-4919
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El (flashback); Tharb-El (flashback); Lois Lane; Perry White; Lana Lang; Supergirl; Krypto; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad]
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #156 (October 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite; Kandor
[The Last Days of Superman!] Part II: The Super-Comrades of All-Time!
Superman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White; Supergirl; Krypto; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Chameleon Boy; Duo Damsel; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5]; Lori Lemaris
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #156 (October 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Kandor
Indexer Notes
The panels of the final page of this chapter are extended to turn the page from 2/3 of a page to a full page for this reprint.
[The Last Days of Superman!] Part III: Superman's Last Day of Life!
Superman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Supergirl; Jimmy Olsen; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Duo Damsel; Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet]; Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Lana Lang (flashback); Lyla Lerrol (flashback); Batman; Robin; Lori Lemaris; Krypto; Mon-El
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #156 (October 1962)
-
- Keywords
- green kryptonite
Indexer Notes
The panels of the final page of this chapter are extended to turn the page from 2/3 of a page to a full page for this reprint.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz ?
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's a natural reaction when you finish an anthology like this one:…
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Shows parts of several DC covers including Detective Comics #27, Sensation Comics #1, All-Star Comics #3, and Showcase #4.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Best of DC, Volume 1
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Night of the Reaper!
Batman -
3.
The Demon Within!
Cain the Caretaker -
4.
The Doorway to the Unknown!
The Flash -
5.
Dirty Job
-
6.
["Night… a star-studded sky tints the deep arroyos and broad mesas below…"]
Firehair -
7.
The Last Days of Superman! Part I: Superman's Death Sentence!
Superman -
8.
[The Last Days of Superman!] Part II: The Super-Comrades of All-Time!
Superman -
9.
[The Last Days of Superman!] Part III: Superman's Last Day of Life!
Superman -
10.
["There's a natural reaction when you finish an anthology like this one:…"]
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