The Best of DC #23 [Newsstand]

(April 1982)

Year's Best Comics Stories (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

To Kill a Legend (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Brennert (credited)

Pencils

Dick Giordano (credited)

Inks

Dick Giordano (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Editing

Paul Levitz (credited) (editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-One, featured); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)) (flashback); Joe Chill (Earth-One, dream); Joe Chill (alternate Earth, death); Lt. James Gordon (alternate Earth); Barbara Kean (alternate Earth); Lew Moxon (alternate Earth); The Phantom Stranger (Earth-One); Robin [Dick Grayson] (Earth-One); Bruce Wayne (alternate Earth); Martha Wayne (Earth-One, dream); Martha Wayne (alternate Earth); Thomas Wayne (Earth-One, dream); Thomas Wayne (alternate Earth)

Universe

DC : mainstream

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #500 (March 1981)

Keywords

alternate Earths; Crime Alley; Earth-One

Indexer Notes

This story takes place on June 21st, mostly on an alternate Earth where young Bruce Wayne's parents are about to be murdered by Joe Chill. The Earth-One Batman's parents were murdered on June 26, exactly 20 years earlier, when Bruce was 8 years old. As Batman explains, the difference in dates is due to the five leap days that occurred during those two decades.

Fans have assigned this alternate Earth the designation "Earth-Five", however that name is not official.

Sivana's Nobel! (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell (credited)

Pencils

Don Newton (credited)

Inks

Dan Adkins (credited)

Colors

Jerry Serpe (credited as Serpe)

Letters

John Costanza (credited as Constanza)

Editing

Len Wein (credited) (editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (featured); Ronald Reagan (on TV); Beautia Sivana; Dr. Sivana (antagonist); Magnificus Sivana

Universe

DC : Earth-S

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #273 (November 1981)

Keywords

Earth-S

The Dummy (Table of Contents: 4)

Sgt. Rock / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher (credited as Bob Kanigher)

Pencils

Frank Redondo (credited)

Inks

Frank Redondo (credited)

Colors

Bob LeRose (credited as Bob Le Rose)

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Kubert (credited) (editor)

Genre

war

Characters

Easy Company: Bulldozer; Four-Eyes; Ice Cream Soldier; Little Sure Shot; Sgt. Rock (featured); Wildman

Universe

DC : mainstream

Reprints

• from Sgt. Rock (DC, 1977 series) #349 (February 1981)

A Day in the Lives... (Table of Contents: 5)

Teen Titans / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman (credited) (plot, script); George Pérez (credited) (plot)

Pencils

George Pérez (credited) (breakdowns); Romeo Tanghal (finished art)

Inks

Romeo Tanghal (credited)

Colors

Tom Ziuko (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Editing

Len Wein (credited) (editor)

Feature Logo

The New Teen Titans [No 3-D effect]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Teen Titans: Changeling [Garfield Logan] (featured); Cyborg [Victor Stone] (featured); Kid Flash [Wally West] (featured); Raven (featured); Robin [Dick Grayson] (featured); Starfire [Koriand'r] (featured); Wonder Girl [Donna Troy] (featured)
Barry Allen (flashback); Sergio De Levi; Terry Long; Puppeteer [Jordan Weir]; Vernon Questor; Marcy Reynolds‎; Sarah Simms; Trigon (cameo) (illusion); Mary West; Rudolph West; Carl Woods; Candy; Jeanie; Maddy; Mikel; Jeremy Thornton Sr.; Jeremy Thornton III; Ruffie; Earl

Universe

DC : mainstream

Reprints

• from The New Teen Titans (DC, 1980 series) #8 (June 1981)

The Piper at the Gates of Hell (Table of Contents: 6)

Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

J. M. DeMatteis (credited); Michael Wm. Kaluta (credited as Michael Kaluta) (inspiration)

Pencils

Dan Spiegle (credited)

Inks

Dan Spiegle (credited)

Colors

Jerry Serpe (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Editing

Len Wein (credited) (editor)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense

Characters

Cain (host)

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #288 (January 1981)

The Haunting (Table of Contents: 7)

Jonah Hex / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited)

Pencils

Dick Ayers (credited as Ayers)

Inks

Tony DeZuniga (credited as Dezuniga)

Colors

Bob LeRose (credited as Bob Le Rose)

Letters

Shelly Leferman (credited)

Editing

Ross Andru (credited) (editor)

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Jonah Hex (featured); Quentin Turnbull (illusion)

Universe

DC : mainstream

Reprints

• from Jonah Hex (DC, 1977 series) #53 (October 1981)

Triumph! (Table of Contents: 8)

Green Lantern Corps / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited) (script); Mike W. Barr (credited) (plot)

Pencils

Joe Staton (credited)

Inks

Frank McLaughlin (credited)

Colors

Anthony Tollin (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Editing

Dick Giordano (credited) (editor)

Genre

superhero

Universe

DC : mainstream

Reprints

• from Tales of the Green Lantern Corps (DC, 1981 series) #3 (July 1981)

Whatever Happened to... the Crimson Avenger? (Table of Contents: 9)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited)

Pencils

Alex Saviuk (credited)

Inks

Dennis Jensen (credited)

Colors

Gene D'Angelo (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Editing

Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Seven Soldiers of Victory: Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (flashback); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (flashback); Shining Knight [Sir Justin] (flashback); Speedy [Roy Harper] (flashback); Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton] (flashback); Stripesy [Pat Dugan] (flashback); Vigilante [Greg Sanders] (flashback)
The Atom [Ray Palmer] (mainstream) (Earth-One, flashback); The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (featured, death); Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson] (flashback); The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (mainstream) (Earth-One, flashback); Power Girl [Kara Zor-L] (flashback); Nebula Man (flashback); pirates (villains)

Universe

DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)

Reprints

• from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #38 (October 1981)

Indexer Notes

Death of the Crimson Avenger.

The Pursuit of Joy (Table of Contents: 10)

Tales of Gotham City / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike W. Barr (credited)

Pencils

Dan Spiegle (credited)

Inks

Dan Spiegle (credited)

Colors

Tom Ziuko (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Editing

Dick Giordano (credited) (editor)

Genre

superhero

Universe

DC : mainstream

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #507 (October 1981)

Keywords

Gotham City; Gotham Hall; violin

The Dying Day of Lois & Lana! (Table of Contents: 11)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Cary Bates (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Frank Chiaramonte (credited)

Colors

Gene D'Angelo (credited as G. D'Angelo)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Editing

Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Josh Coyle; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Professor Lewis Lang; Lex Luthor (villain); Police Chief Parker (flashback); Superboy [Clark Kent] (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent] (featured); Faora Hu-Ul (villain); Jax-Ur (villain); General Zod (villain)

Universe

DC : mainstream

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #363 (September 1981)

Keywords

88th Century; Caribbean; Earth-One; Eiffel Tower; Fortress of Solitude; France; Galaxy Communications Building; Kent Farm; Metropolis; Paris; Phantom Zone; Smallville; time travel

Choosing the Year's Best (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-5059-A

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

The Best Stories of 1981 (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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