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Issue: The Best of DC #9
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #9 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 3
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1980 DC Comics Inc.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Bat-Murderer!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Talia al Ghul; Commissioner James Gordon
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #448 published June 1975
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: two-panel cover
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Best of DC -- Batman

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Bat-Murderer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo
Inker(s): Jim Aparo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Aparo
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Talia; Batman; Scrag Donovan; Roger Barton; Elizabeth Baylor
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #444 published December 1974
was Bat-Murderer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Break-In at the Big House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo
Inker(s): Jim Aparo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Aparo
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; The Creeper; Talia; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin; Ra's Al Ghul; "Brick" Milligan
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #445 published February 1975
was Break-In at the Big House [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Slaughter in Silver

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo
Inker(s): Jim Aparo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Aparo
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Sterling Silversmith; Louis Silversmith
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #446 published April 1975
was Slaughter in Silver [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Enter: The Creeper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Ernie Chan
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Creeper; Batman; Ra's Al Ghul; Alfred Pennyworth; Phantom Stranger; Morris Middleman; Shirley Middleman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #447 published May 1975
was Enter: The Creeper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Bedlam beneath the Big Top!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Ernie Chan
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Ra's al Ghul; Talia; Creeper; League of Assassins
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #448 published June 1975
was Bedlam Beneath the Big Top! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
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Angel -- or Devil?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Robbins
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Daphne Pennyworth; Robin; Wilfred Pennyworth
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #216 published November 1969
was Angel -- Or Devil? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
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The Wayne Foundation Building

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Terry Austin
Inker(s): Terry Austin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman
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From Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-44 published June 1976
was Batman's New Home The Wayne Foundation Building [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Views of the Wayne Foundation Building, with diagrams for each floor.
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Follow Batman Every Month In:

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for comics featuring Batman. Covers to Batman #322, Detective Comics #498, and The Brave and the Bold #171 are depicted.
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Batman or Bat-Murderer???

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for the crossover stories in the issue.

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