The Best of DC
#32
[Newsstand]
(January 1983)
DC,
1979 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1982-10-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
- Barcode
- 0709893173001
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #205.
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #32 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #32 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
Superman Battles the Mightiest Men in the Universe!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-4013
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; The Parasite; Solomon Grundy; Galactic Golem; Vartox; The Sand Superman
Indexer Notes
Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Best of DC -- Superman versus the Mightiest Men in the Universe
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Solomon Grundy Wins on a Monday!
Superman / comic story / 17 pages
- Job Number
- S-2277
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Solomon Grundy (villain); SKULL (cameo); Steve Lombard; Terri Cross
- Reprints
-
from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #301 (July 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Art and writing credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Power of the Parasite!
Superman / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Parasite; Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #340 (August 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Ultimate Battle!
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Quarrm-Demon (villain); Superman; Stewpot; Gemmi; Jimmy Olsen; Sand creature; Wonder Woman [as Diana Prince]; I-Ching
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #242 (September 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Man Who Murdered the Earth!
Superman / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lex Luthor (villain); the Galactic Golem (intro); Superman; Lois Lane
- Synopsis
- Luthor gathers galactic matter to create The Galactic Golem, whose desire for hyper-stellar energy leads him into conflict with Superman. After Superman allows Luthor to believe that their conflict has destroyed all civilization, and The Galactic Golem has turned on Luthor, Luthor works with Superman to distract the creature off the planet.
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #248 (February 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Mystery Mission to Metropolis! Chapter One: The Mystery Unravels...
Superman / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #281 (November 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Chapter includes a frontispiece and a prologue.
Mystery Mission to Metropolis! Chapter Two: ...And the Mission Begins!
Superman / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #281 (November 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Writing and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
More Mighty Men of the Universe
text article / 3 pages
- Job Number
- S-4014
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Article discusses other stories featuring mighty men that didn't fit in the digest. Job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; no writing credit given there, however.
[no title indexed]
Camelot 3000 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was foretold that England's greatest champion...
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
[5 Cosmos-Shaking Clashes!]
Superman / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (signed as Buckler)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia (signed as Giacoia)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; The Parasite; The Galactic Golem; The Sand Superman; Vartox; Solomon Grundy
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superman Battles the Mightiest Men in the Universe!
Superman -
1.
Best of DC -- Superman versus the Mightiest Men in the Universe
-
2.
Solomon Grundy Wins on a Monday!
Superman -
3.
Power of the Parasite!
Superman -
4.
The Ultimate Battle
Superman -
5.
The Ultimate Battle!
Superman -
6.
The Man Who Murdered the Earth!
Superman -
7.
Mystery Mission to Metropolis! Chapter One: The Mystery Unravels...
Superman -
8.
Mystery Mission to Metropolis! Chapter Two: ...And the Mission Begins!
Superman -
9.
More Mighty Men of the Universe
-
10.
["It was foretold that England's greatest champion..."]
Camelot 3000 -
11.
[5 Cosmos-Shaking Clashes!]
Superman
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- Thomas Johnson
- Jim Van Dore
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