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Issue: The Best of DC #71
Publication Date: April 1986
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Issues: #71 of 71 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/11/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 148
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Barbara Randall
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #23.
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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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Year's Best Comics Stories

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen [as Giffen] (signed)
Inker(s): Karl Kesel [as Kesel] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Ambush Bug
Character(s): Ambush Bug
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Year's Best Comics Stories

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Table of contents.
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The Day the Earth Died!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Kupperberg; Ed Hannigan (plot)
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Al Williamson
Colorist(s): George Roberts
Letterer(s): Ed King
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Frank (Doorman at Clark Kent's apartment building); Lori Lemaris; Ronal
Synopsis: Superman contemplates dis-arming all the nuclear weapons on the Earth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #408 [Direct] published June 1985
was The Day the Earth Died! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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Mogo Doesn't Socialize

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Moore
Penciller(s): Dave Gibbons
Inker(s): Dave Gibbons
Colorist(s): George Roberts
Letterer(s): Dave Gibbons
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #188 [Direct] published May 1985
was Mogo Doesn't Socialize [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Trick Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Cohn; Dan Mishkin
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen
Inker(s): Gary Martin
Colorist(s): Shelly Eiber
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blue Devil
Character(s): Trickster
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlue Devil #8 [Direct] published January 1985
was Trick Trap [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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Brief Lives

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Moore
Penciller(s): Kevin O'Neill
Inker(s): Kevin O'Neill
Colorist(s): Karin Orlando
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Omega Men
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Omega Men #26 published May 1985
was Brief Lives [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Rite of Spring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Moore
Penciller(s): Stephen Bissette
Inker(s): John Totleben
Colorist(s): Jeanine Casey
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Swamp Thing
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Saga of Swamp Thing #34 [Direct] published March 1985
was Rite of Spring [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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The Silent Treatment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr
Penciller(s): Jerome K. Moore
Inker(s): Jerome K. Moore
Colorist(s): Jeanine Casey
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Katana
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman and the Outsiders #21 [Direct Sales] published May 1985
was The Silent Treatment! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Bits of (Ambush) Bugginess

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Fleming; Keith Giffen (plot)
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): Helen Vesik
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Ambush Bug
Character(s): Ambush Bug; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman
Synopsis: Ambush Bug makes the rounds to his fellow heroes trying to drum up appearances for Ambush Bug #1.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #565 [Direct] published March 1985
was $ellout or Manna from Mando [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Original title: "$ellout or Manna from Mando." Three pages cut.
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The Ghost of Krypton Past!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Klaus Janson
Inker(s): Klaus Janson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Adam Strange
Character(s): Superman; Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Zazura
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDC Comics Presents #82 [Direct Sales] published June 1985
was The Ghost of Krypton Past! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
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Forever Blowing Bubbles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Baron
Penciller(s): Marshall Rogers
Inker(s): Marshall Rogers
Colorist(s): George Roberts
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #187 [Direct] published April 1985
was Forever Blowing Bubbles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Just As Night Follows Day...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Doug Moench
Penciller(s): Gene Colan
Inker(s): Alfred Alcala
Colorist(s): Karin Orlando
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; Robin; Alfred; Julia Pennyworth; Vicki Vale; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #383 [Direct] published May 1985
was Just As Night Follows Day... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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Hukka vs. the Bob!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Fleming; Keith Giffen (co-plot); Karl Kesel (co-plot)
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen
Inker(s): Karl Kesel
Colorist(s): Shelly Eiber
Letterer(s): Bob Lappan
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Atari Force
Character(s): Hukka; BOB; Chris Champion (off-panel)
Synopsis: Chris buys the Hukka a new personal robot pal named BOB. But when BOB's antenna breaks, the robot goes on a rampage.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAtari Force #20 [Direct] published August 1985
was Hukka vs. the Bob! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Digest Forum

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Barbara Randall (signed)
Penciller(s): (various)
Inker(s): (various)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Comments about the changes made to stories to make them fit the digest format. Also small collage of issue covers from the stories.
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Final List

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen
Inker(s): Karl Kesel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. List of stories with cluttered bulletin board background.

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