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Issue: The Best of DC #44
Publication Date: January 1984
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Issues: #44 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)
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Variant: Direct
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/13/1983
Volume: 6
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Nicola Cuti
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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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Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)
Inker(s): Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Element Lad; Chameleon Boy]
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Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Legion's Suicide Squad! Part I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Mon-El; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy]
Synopsis: Isolationist planet Throon builds a citadel to keep others away and uses a ray to disable all passing spaceships. The first Legion team selected to take out the ray meets their defeat.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #319 published April 1964
was The Legion's Suicide Squad! Part I [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Part II: The Charge of the Substitute Heroes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy; Stone Boy; Night Girl]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Superboy; Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy; Light Lass; Mon-El; Lightning Lad]
Synopsis: The next two teams of Legionnaires also fail, but the Subs are able to put an end to the menace of Throon.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #319 published April 1964
was Part II: The Charge of the Substitute Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton! Part I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel; Otto Binder (pages 4-9)
Penciller(s): John Forte (pages 1-3, 10); George Papp (pages 4-9)
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff (pages 1-3, 10); George Papp (pages 4-9); Al Plastino (Superboy and Clark Kent faces)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy [also as Clark Kent]; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Element Lad; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5]; Dev-Em; Radiation Roy; Proty II; Krypto; Molock
Synopsis: Dev-Em arrives at Legion headquarters as a member of the Inter-Stellar Counter-Intelligence Corps on a mission to nab the elusive leader of the Cosmic Spy Legion, Morlock the Merciless, but loses the assignment to Superboy.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #320 published May 1964
was Revenge of the Knave from Krypton! Part I [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Part II: The Treachery of Molock the Merciless

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy, Chameleon Boy; Element Lad; Lightning Lad; Mon-El]; Dev-Em; Molock; Proty II
Synopsis: Superboy successfully completes Dev-Em's mission, with Proty II's help.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #320 published May 1964
was Part II: The Treachery of Molock the Merciless! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Part I: The Code of the Legion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff; Al Plastino (Superboy face on splash only)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Element Lad; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Brainiac 5; Matter-Eater Lad]; Time Trapper [also as Commissioner Wilson]
Synopsis: The Legionnaires submit to tests of their ability to keep secret their greatest weapon from Commissioner Wilson.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #321 published June 1964
was Part I: The Code of the Legion! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Bouncing Boy loses his power and joins the Legion Reserves.
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Part II: The Weakest Legionnaire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Star Boy; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Invisible Kid; Element Lad; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5]; Time Trapper [also as Commissioner Wilson]; Bouncing Boy
Synopsis: Lightning Lad purposely fails his test to expose Commissioner Wilson as the Time Trapper.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #321 published June 1964
was Part I: The Code of the Legion! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Lois Lane's Luckiest Day!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Triplicate Girl; Phantom Girl; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad (cameo); Star Boy (cameo); Matter-Eater Lad (cameo)]; Lois Lane; Carla; Dr. Sloan; Mr. Appleby
Synopsis: Lois Lane is having the luckiest day of her life, with a little help from a few Legionnaires.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #50 published July 1964
was Lois Lane's Luckiest Day! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Part I: The Super-Tests of the Super-Pets!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff; Al Plastino (head photostated/pasted on Superboy, page 3, panel 1)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Pets [Super-Horse [Comet]; Krypto; Streaky; Super-Monkey [Beppo]; Proty II]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Phantom Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy; Night Girl]; Supergirl
Synopsis: With the Legion away trying to capture the Time Trapper, the Super-Pets are left in charge. They assign Proty II tests to prove he can join their ranks.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #322 published July 1964
was Part I: The Super-Tests of the Super-Pets! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Part II: The Pet of a Thousand Faces

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Pets [Super-Horse [Comet]; Streaky; Super-Monkey [Beppo]; Krypto; Proty II [also as Chameleon Boy]]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Superboy; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy; Brainiac 5]
Synopsis: Proty II passes his final tests and is admitted into the Legion of Super-Pets.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #322 published July 1964
was Part I: The Super-Tests of the Super-Pets! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Part I: The Eight Impossible Missions!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Element Lad]; Proty II; Spider Girl; Pete Ross; Jimmy Olsen; Double-Header; Jor-El (in flashback)
Synopsis: Proty II comes up with a contest to determine the next Legion leader.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #323 published August 1964
was Part I: The Eight Impossible Missions! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Part II: The Amazing Winner of the Great Proty Puzzle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Element Lad; Superboy; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet; Triplicate Girl; Light Lass; Invisible Kid; Matter-Eater Lad; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad]; Jimmy Olsen [also as Elastic Lad]; Lucy Lane; Proty II; Pete Ross
Synopsis: Saturn Girl solves Proty's puzzle and remains Legion leader.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #323 published August 1964
was Part I: The Eight Impossible Missions! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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A Sampler Sample

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti
Penciller(s): Ed Hannigan
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Introduction to the next two pages, which are reprinted from "The DC Sampler."
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What Kind of Sentient Being Devours Every Issue of the Legion?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
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From Content Item: FlagDC Sampler #1 published October 1983
was What Kind of Sentient Being Devours Every Issue of Legion? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Story behind the Stories

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?
Penciller(s): Howard Bender [as Bender] (signed)
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger [as Schaffenberger] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Mon-el; Star Boy; Ultra Boy; Duo Damsel; Cosmic Boy; Element Lad; Shrinking Violet]
First Line: In this issue of fantastic exploits...
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Scenes from the stories.

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