The Best of DC #20 [Newsstand]
(January 1982)

DC, 1979 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Volume
4
Price
0.95 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1981-10-08
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Barcode
0709893173001
Editing
Mike W. Barr (editor)

Issue Notes

Copyright © 1981 DC Comics Inc.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #195.
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #20 [Direct].

World's Finest Comics Digest (Table of Contents)

Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
C-748
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Cover Thumbnail for The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #20 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Best of DC (1979 series) #20 [Direct]
Edit cover
Cover gallery

Best of DC -- World's Finest Comics (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Vengeance of the Tomb-Thing! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-7776
Genre
superhero
Reprints

A Matter of Light and Death! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-7776
Genre
superhero
Characters
Zatanna (cameo)
Reprints

Fugitive from the Stars! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-7776
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Supergirl; Wendell Sypes
Reprints
Keywords
Kandor

Peril of the Planet-Smashers! (Table of Contents: 5)

Doctor Fate; Superman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-7776
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Dr. Fate; Zatanna; Ghan Uu
Reprints

Dr. Fate (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Doctor Fate / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Here She Comes! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

3 Full-Length Novels Starring Superman and Batman (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Mike W. Barr ?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Covers of the stories reprinted are depicted as posters on a wall.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. World's Finest Comics Digest
    Superman and Batman
  2. 1. Best of DC -- World's Finest Comics
  3. 2. Vengeance of the Tomb-Thing!
    Superman and Batman
  4. 3. A Matter of Light and Death!
    Superman and Batman
  5. 4. Fugitive from the Stars!
    Superman and Batman
  6. 5. Peril of the Planet-Smashers!
    Doctor Fate; Superman
  7. 6. Dr. Fate
    Doctor Fate
  8. 7. Here She Comes!
    Wonder Woman
  9. 8. 3 Full-Length Novels Starring Superman and Batman
    Superman and Batman
This issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Jim Van Dore
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.