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Issue: The Best of DC #56

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Publication Date: January 1985

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Issues: #56 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

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Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 10/04/1984

Volume: none

Pages: 100

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893173001

Price: $1.50 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
10 (6 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Nicola Cuti (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: 5" x 6.75"

Paper Stock: Glossy cardstock cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: squarebound

Publishing Format: was ongoing

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2 The Best of DC #56 [Direct]

2 The Best of DC #56 [CA Cover Price]

The Best of DC #56 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (10 total)

Superman vs. More Aliens!

Illustration on Cover, Wraparound from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Pat Broderick [as Broderick] (signed)

Inker(s): Pat Broderick [as Broderick] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino; typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman; Galactic Golem; Electronic Ghost; Ninukab

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Pages: 2

Best of DC -- Superman vs. More Aliens!

Table of Contents on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

The Island That Invaded the Earth!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Len Wein

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Murphy Anderson

Colorist(s): George Roberts

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

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Pages: 16

The Electronic Ghost of Metropolis!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Denny O'Neil

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Murphy Anderson

Colorist(s): Shelley Eiber

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Galaxy Broadcasting computer (villain); Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Morgan Edge; Teach Dilbert; Ziggy

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Pages: 23

The Menace Called "It"!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Leo Dorfman

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): George Klein

Colorist(s): Shelley Eiber

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman; It (a spinning blob, intro); Lana Lang; Perry White; Lois Lane

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Pages: 8

The Skyscraper That Screamed for Its Life!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Elliot Maggin

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Murphy Anderson

Colorist(s): Jeanine Casey

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Ninukab (villain); Superman; Peter Demeos; Clark Kent

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Pages: 16

Danger -- Monster at Work!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Len Wein

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Murphy Anderson

Colorist(s): Helen Vesik

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman; Harold Jenkins; Nathan Warbow; Dr. Farr; S.T.A.R. Labs

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Pages: 17

Fury of the Energy-Eater!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Len Wein

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Murphy Anderson

Colorist(s): Karen Orlando

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Galactic Golem (villain, origin); Superman; Clark Kent; Josh Coyle; Bert Smith; Harry Potter; Lex Luthor (flashback); S.T.A.R. Labs

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Pages: 16

Star Trek

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Star Trek

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for DC's Star Trek series.

Ooze's Who?

Illustration on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Nicola Cuti

Penciller(s): Pat Broderick

Inker(s): Pat Broderick

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman; Galactic Golem; Electronic Ghost; Ninukab

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Villains from the stories in this issue.