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Issue: The Best of DC #5

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Publication Date: May 1980

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Issues: #5 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)

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Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC Blue Ribbon Digest

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 02/12/1980

Volume: 2

Pages: 132

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893173006

Price: $0.95 USD

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Content Items: 19 (10 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

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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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14 Content Items

reprinted 14 times from Content Items in other Issues.

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Content Items

Title	Genre	Feature(s)	Character(s)
Year's Best Comics Stories Illustration on Cover, Front	superhero		Supergirl; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Wonder Woman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Sgt. Rock; The Elongated Man; Jonah Hex; Deadman; The Demon; Cain; Warlord; Black Canary; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Wonder Twins [Zan; Jayna]; Black Lightning; Hawkman; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Aquaman; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Tomahawk; Jeb Stuart
Year's Best Comic Stories Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)
The Miracle Man of Easy Company Story on Interior Page(s)	superhero, war	Superman; Sgt. Rock	Easy Company [Sgt. Rock; Wild Man; Ice Cream Soldier; Jackie Johnson; Bulldozer; Little Sure Shot]; Superman [also as Tag-Along]; Nazis
Never Say Die! Story on Interior Page(s)	occult	Deadman	Deadman; Abraham Gold; Sarah Gold; Jacob Gold
Minister of the Lord Story on Interior Page(s)	western	Jonah Hex	Jonah Hex; Sam Bronson Gang; Reverend Julian
The Shadow of Jor-El! Story on Interior Page(s)	superhero	Superboy	Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Jor-El (Flashback); Riy-Ul (Flashback)
The Mouse of History Story on Interior Page(s)	horror		Cain (host); Paul Jonas; Esmerelda (a mouse); a demon
The Curse of Crime Alley Story on Interior Page(s)	superhero	Batman	Batman; Leslie Thompkins; Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Joe Chill; Maxie Zeus (intro); Long John Logan
Clark Kent's Mynah Dilemma Story on Interior Page(s)	humorous, superhero	The Private Life of Clark Kent	Superman [Clark Kent]; April Marigold (cameo); May Marigold (cameo)
Back Door to War! Story on Interior Page(s)	war	The Haunted Tank
Papa Don Story on Interior Page(s)			Destiny (host)
Fall and Rise of the Star-Child! Story on Interior Page(s)	superhero	Superman	Galactic Golem; Supergirl; Superman [Clark Kent]
Best Covers of the Year Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)
Best Covers of the Year Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)
Best Covers of the Year Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)
Best Covers of the Year Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)
Who's Who on the Cover Illustration on Interior Page(s)
The Story Behind this Issue Text Article on Interior Page(s)
The DC Staff Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)			Alberto de Guzman; Denise Bové; Bob LeRose; Milton Snapinn; Anthony Tollin; Todd Klein; Carlos Villanueva; Joe Letterese; Shelley Eiber; Mike Barr; Bob Rozakis; Murray Boltinoff; Len Wein; Joe Kubert; Carol Fein; Midge Bergman; Jack Adler; Paul Levitz; Sol Harrison; Cary Burkett; Joe Orlando; Jenette Kahn; Frieda Sacco; Laurie Sutton; E. Nelson Bridwell; Jack C. Harris; Ross Andru; Julius Schwartz