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Issue: The Best of DC #71
Publication Date: April 1986
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/03/1986
Volume: none
Pages: 148
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893173004
Price: $2.00 CAD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
15 (11 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Barbara Randall
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #23.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Year's Best Comics Stories

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Keith Giffen [as Giffen] (signed)
Karl Kesel [as Kesel] (signed)
?
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Ambush Bug
Ambush Bug
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Miscellaneous
1
Year's Best Comics Stories

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. Table of contents.
The Day the Earth Died!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Paul Kupperberg; Ed Hannigan (plot)
Curt Swan
Al Williamson
George Roberts
Ed King
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman; Frank (Doorman at Clark Kent's apartment building); Lori Lemaris; Ronal
Superman contemplates dis-arming all the nuclear weapons on the Earth.
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Miscellaneous
16
Mogo Doesn't Socialize

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Alan Moore
Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons
George Roberts
Dave Gibbons
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
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Miscellaneous
6
Trick Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Gary Cohn; Dan Mishkin
Keith Giffen
Gary Martin
Shelly Eiber
Todd Klein
Subject Matter
superhero
Blue Devil
Trickster
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Miscellaneous
23
Brief Lives

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Alan Moore
Kevin O'Neill
Kevin O'Neill
Karin Orlando
Todd Klein
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Omega Men
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Miscellaneous
4
Rite of Spring

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Alan Moore
Stephen Bissette
John Totleben
Jeanine Casey
John Costanza
Subject Matter
horror
Swamp Thing
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Miscellaneous
23
The Silent Treatment

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Mike W. Barr
Jerome K. Moore
Jerome K. Moore
Jeanine Casey
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Katana
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Miscellaneous
7
Bits of (Ambush) Bugginess

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Robert Fleming; Keith Giffen (plot)
Keith Giffen
Bob Oksner
Helen Vesik
John Costanza
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Ambush Bug
Ambush Bug; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman
Ambush Bug makes the rounds to his fellow heroes trying to drum up appearances for Ambush Bug #1.
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Miscellaneous
5
Original title: "$ellout or Manna from Mando." Three pages cut.
The Ghost of Krypton Past!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Cary Bates
Klaus Janson
Klaus Janson
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Superman and Adam Strange
Superman; Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Zazura
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Miscellaneous
24
Forever Blowing Bubbles

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Mike Baron
Marshall Rogers
Marshall Rogers
George Roberts
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
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Miscellaneous
6
Just As Night Follows Day...

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Doug Moench
Gene Colan
Alfred Alcala
Karin Orlando
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman; Robin; Alfred; Julia Pennyworth; Vicki Vale; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock
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Miscellaneous
23
Hukka vs. the Bob!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Robert Fleming; Keith Giffen (co-plot); Karl Kesel (co-plot)
Keith Giffen
Karl Kesel
Shelly Eiber
Bob Lappan
Subject Matter
science fiction
Atari Force
Hukka; BOB; Chris Champion (off-panel)
Chris buys the Hukka a new personal robot pal named BOB. But when BOB's antenna breaks, the robot goes on a rampage.
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Miscellaneous
7
Digest Forum

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Barbara Randall (signed)
(various)
(various)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. Comments about the changes made to stories to make them fit the digest format. Also small collage of issue covers from the stories.
Final List

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Keith Giffen
Karl Kesel
?
Gaspar Saladino
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. List of stories with cluttered bulletin board background.

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