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Issue: The Best of DC #38
Publication Date: July 1983
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Issues: #38 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: 03/15/1983
Volume: 5
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Nicola Cuti (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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Superman vs the Supernatural

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ed Hannigan
Inker(s): Bob Smith
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-375
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Best of DC #38 Superman

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Eliminator!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Dr. Phantas; Mark Sharpe; Joe Letterman; Chris Swan
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #379 published August 1969
was The Eliminator! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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The Truth Mirror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; "Flash" Dugan (villain); Superman Robot; Lois Lane Robot
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #269 published October 1960
was The Truth Mirror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Inks credited to George Klein on splash page.
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The Demons from Pandora's Box!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #81 published December 1964
was The Demons from Pandora's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Enchanted Mountain!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron
Penciller(s): Ira Yarbrough
Inker(s): Ira Yarbrough
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #86 published July 1945
was The Enchanted Mountain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Spectre Suitor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Werner Roth
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lois Lane
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #108 published February 1971
was The Spectre Suitor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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The Spell of the Shandu Clock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Coleman
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Shandu; Perry White; The Fallon Gang (Intro)
Synopsis: Superman pretends to be under the influence of a mystical clock in order to make the Fallon Gang think he is helpless against their new weapon.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #126 published January 1959
was The Spell of the Shandu Clock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Ghost of Lois Lane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Professor Grail
Synopsis: After Superman accidentally causes Professor Grail's experimental teleporter chair to explode while Lois is sitting in it with his x-ray vision, he sees visions of a ghostly Lois. But Lois communicates through Jimmy's new typewriter to let Superman know that she is trapped in the fourth dimension and can be returned by the pull of a lever in Professor Grail's lab.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #129 published May 1959
was The Ghost of Lois Lane [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Black Magic of Supergirl!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Supergirl
Character(s): Supergirl; Superman; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #324 published May 1965
was The Black Magic of Supergirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Ghost That Haunted Clark Kent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Dr. Troy Magnus
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #406 published November 1971
was The Ghost That Haunted Clark Kent [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Green Arrow

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Trevor Von Eeden
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for Green Arrow mini-series on sale February 24, 1983. Letters credit from Todd Klein.
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Story Titles

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ed Hannigan [as Hannigan] (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Smith [as Smith] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Graveyard full of tombstones with the titles of the stories from inside the digest.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Hannigan and Smith's names are on one tombstone.

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