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Issue: The Best of DC #34

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Publication Date: March 1983

Issue #34
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Issues: #34 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)

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Variant: CA Cover Price

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Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 12/09/1982

Volume: 5

Pages: 100

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893173003

Price: $1.50 CAD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (3 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Bob Rozakis (editor); Nicola Cuti (editor); Carl Gafford (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 #34 [Direct]

The Best of DC #34 [CA Cover Price]

The Best of DC #34 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (6 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Ed Hannigan [as Hannigan] (signed)

Inker(s): Bruce Patterson (signed with symbol)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Metal Men

Character(s): Metal Men [Iron; Gold; Lead; Mercury; Tin; Platinum]; Chemo

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-232

Best of DC -- Metal Men

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

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

The Flaming Fiend!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Robert Kanigher

Penciller(s): Ross Andru

Inker(s): Mike Esposito

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Metal Men

Character(s): Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Tin; Platinum]; Doc Magnus; Von Vroom

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 47

Job Number: J-8524

Notes: "The Flaming Doom" and "The Nightmare Menace" printed as one long story. All but the first panel of the original page 4, the second and third panels of the original page 5, the last panel of the original page 23, the second panel of the original page 24, and the third panel of the original page 25 of "The Flaming Doom" have been omitted here. The original page 1, panels 2 and 3 of the original page 11, and the first three panels of the original page 12 of "The Nightmare Menace" have been omitted here, though the original page 8 was expanded to fill an entire page.

The Deathless Doom!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Robert Kanigher

Penciller(s): Ross Andru

Inker(s): Mike Esposito

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Metal Men

Character(s): Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Tin; Platinum]; Doc Magnus; Chemo

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 49

Notes: "The Deathless Doom!" combined with "The Day the Metal Men Melted" into one long story. The last two panels of "The Deathless Doom!" were omitted for this reprint, with the remaining panels of that page expanded to fill the page. The original page 1, the bottom two tiers of the original page 5, and the top tier of the original page 6 of "The Day the Metal Men Melted" were omitted for this reprint, though the original pages 8, 16, and 25 were expanded to each fill an entire page.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ross Andru

Inker(s): Mike Esposito

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: informational

Feature(s): Metal Facts and Fancies!

First Line: Mercury is the only metal to have a planet named after it...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover. Composed of pieces from the fillers in Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #37 and 39.

2 Epic-Length Adventures!

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

Credits

Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?

Penciller(s): Ross Andru

Inker(s): Mike Esposito

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction, superhero

Feature(s): Metal Men

Character(s): Metal Men [Gold; Lead; Iron; Mercury; Tin; Platinum]; Doc Magnus

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Promo for the interior stories.