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Issue: The Best of DC #10
Publication Date: March 1981
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Issues: #10 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)
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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 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (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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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Secret Origins of Super-Villains

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Best of DC -- Secret Origins of Super-Villains

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Origin of the Penguin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Michael Fleisher
Penciller(s): Romeo Tanghal
Inker(s): Tex Blaisdell
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #9 published January 1984
as Die Herkunft von Pinguin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Origin of the Penguin.
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Aquaman, Coward-King of the Seas!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman and Aqualad
Character(s): Aquaman; Aqualad; Ocean Master
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAquaman #29 published September 1966
was Aquaman, Coward-King of the Seas! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Origin and first appearance of Ocean Master.
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Here Comes Captain Boomerang!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; W. W. Wiggins; Iris West; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #117 published December 1960
was Here Comes Captain Boomerang! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Origin and first appearance of Captain Boomerang.
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The Shark That Hunted Human Prey!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Tom Kalmaku; The Shark; Carol Ferris; Bill Bowery
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #24 published October 1963
was The Shark That Hunted Human Prey! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Origin and first appearance of the Shark.
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Shadow-Thief of Midway City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal]; Shadow-Thief; Commissioner Emmett
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #36 published June 1961
was Shadow-Thief of Midway City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Origin and first appearance of the Shadow Thief.
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Green Arrow vs. Red Dart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Red Dart [John "The Midas" Mallory]
Synopsis: John Mallory pretends to be the superhero Red Dart to prevent Green Arrow and Speedy from stopping his gang's crime spree.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #95 published July 1958
was Green Arrow Vs. the Red Dart [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Origin of the Red Dart.
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Power of the Parasite!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Parasite; Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #340 published August 1966
was Power of the Parasite! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Origin and first appearance of the Parasite.
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Villainous Double Dactyls

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Poetry about DC villains.
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Secret Origins of Super-Villains

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Batman; Aquaman; The Flash; Green Lantern; Hawkman; Green Arrow; Superman; The Penguin, Ocean Master; Captain Boomerang; The Shark; The Shadow-Thief; Red Dart; The Parasite
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for the stories in the issue.

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