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Issue: The Best of DC #5
Publication Date: May 1980
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Issues: #5 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
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)
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1980 DC Comics Inc. On-sale date from Comic Reader #177. Cover date is June 1980.
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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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Title Pages Job Number Notes
Year's Best Comics Stories
Illustration on Cover, Front		 1 S-5021 Cover credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz' editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Year's Best Comic Stories
Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)		 1   Inside front cover. Contents and indicia.
The Miracle Man of Easy Company
Story on Interior Page(s)		 17 S-3135  
Never Say Die!
Story on Interior Page(s)		 12 J-6243  
Minister of the Lord
Story on Interior Page(s)		 17    
The Shadow of Jor-El!
Story on Interior Page(s)		 12   Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Mouse of History
Story on Interior Page(s)		 6 J-5003 A mouse escapes from a cage in research assistant Paul Jonas's lab, and leads him to a magic book that can alter the future. He uses the book to his advantage, but the mouse inadvertently causes his death by chewing parts of the pages away, which changes the words written in the book.
The Curse of Crime Alley
Story on Interior Page(s)		 16    
Clark Kent's Mynah Dilemma
Story on Interior Page(s)		 8    
Back Door to War!
Story on Interior Page(s)		 12    
Papa Don
Story on Interior Page(s)		 7    
Fall and Rise of the Star-Child!
Story on Interior Page(s)		 17 S-3221  
Best Covers of the Year
Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)		 0.5    
Best Covers of the Year
Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)		 0.5    
Best Covers of the Year
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Best Covers of the Year
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Who's Who on the Cover
Illustration on Interior Page(s)		 2   identification of cover characters (outlines, no drawings)
The Story Behind this Issue
Text Article on Interior Page(s)		 1   Inside back cover.
The DC Staff
Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)		 1   Back cover. Staff members are identified inside.
 
 

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