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Issue: The Best of DC #56
Publication Date: January 1985
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Issues: #56 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/11/1984
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (6 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
Format Notes:  
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Title Page
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Superman vs. More Aliens!

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Penciller(s): Pat Broderick [as Broderick] (signed)
Inker(s): Pat Broderick [as Broderick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Galactic Golem; Electronic Ghost; Ninukab
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Best of DC -- Superman vs. More Aliens!

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Island That Invaded the Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): George Roberts
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #251 published May 1972
was The Island That Invaded the Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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The Electronic Ghost of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Shelley Eiber
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Galaxy Broadcasting computer (villain); Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Morgan Edge; Teach Dilbert; Ziggy
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #244 published November 1971
was The Electronic Ghost of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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The Menace Called "It"!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): Shelley Eiber
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; It (a spinning blob, intro); Lana Lang; Perry White; Lois Lane
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #177 published May 1965
was The Menace Called "It"! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Skyscraper That Screamed for Its Life!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elliot Maggin
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Jeanine Casey
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Ninukab (villain); Superman; Peter Demeos; Clark Kent
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #262 published March 1973
was The Skyscraper That Screamed for Its Life! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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Danger -- Monster at Work!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Helen Vesik
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Harold Jenkins; Nathan Warbow; Dr. Farr; S.T.A.R. Labs
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #246 published December 1971
was Danger-- Monster at Work! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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Fury of the Energy-Eater!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Karen Orlando
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Galactic Golem (villain, origin); Superman; Clark Kent; Josh Coyle; Bert Smith; Harry Potter; Lex Luthor (flashback); S.T.A.R. Labs
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #258 published November 1972
was Fury of the Energy-Eater! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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Star Trek

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Star Trek
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for DC's Star Trek series.
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Ooze's Who?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti
Penciller(s): Pat Broderick
Inker(s): Pat Broderick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Galactic Golem; Electronic Ghost; Ninukab
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Villains from the stories in this issue.

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