DC Comics Presents #81 [Newsstand]
(May 1985)

DC, 1978 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-02-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893121605
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #12.
This issue is a variant of DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #81 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ambush Bug; Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Keith Giffen (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Superman; Ambush Bug; Kobra
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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All This and Kobra Too! (Table of Contents: 1)

Ambush Bug; Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Keith Giffen (plot); Robert Loren Fleming (dialogue)
Pencils
Keith Giffen
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Bill Pearson
Job Number
S-4579
Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Superman; Ambush Bug; Kobra (villain); Lana Lang
Synopsis
Ambush Bug accidentally exposes Superman to Red Kryptonite, causing their minds to switch bodies for 48 hours. Ambush Bug, in Superman's body, battles Kobra.
Reprints
Keywords
Fortress of Solitude

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Pair Mail / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4592

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Rick Steel, Dale Coe, Jeffrey Lowdes, T. E. Pouncey, John Henry Sain, John L. Perullo, and Charles David Haskell.

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Filing Date: October 1, 1984. Average circulation: 260,013. Single issue nearest to date: 251,569.

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Ambush Bug; Superman
  2. 1. All This and Kobra Too!
    Ambush Bug; Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Pair Mail
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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