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Issue: Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #22
Publication Date: December 1986
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/18/1986
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893125112
Price: $1.00 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
31 (0 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (editor); Len Wein (contributing editor)
Disclose Notes: The writers and colorists are only credited on the inside front cover, not on each individual sequence, so we have listed all of them for each entry.

There are also credits for Peter Sanderson and E. Nelson Bridwell as researchers, Todd Klein for production, and Carl Gafford as copy editor.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound from base issue
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superhero
Who's Who
Starfire; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Star Hawkins; Star Hunters [Darcy Vale; Dr. Bruce Sellers; Dr. Theodore McGavin; Donovan Flint; Jake Hammersmith; Mindy Yano]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Starman [Prince Gavyn]; Starro; Star Rovers [Homer Gint; Karel Sorensen; Rick Purvis]; Star Sapphire [Carrol Ferris]; Steel [Hank Heywood III]; Steelclaw; Steppenwolf; Sterling Silversmith; Stiletta; Stone Boy; Stripesy; Strongbow; Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Jess Bright; Dr. Hugh Evans; Karin Grace]; Sun Boy; Sunburst; Sun Devils [Anomie Zitar; Myste; One; Two; Three; Rik Sunn; Scyla; Shikon]; Sun-Eater; Super-Chief; Supergirl; Superman (Earth-2); Superman (New Earth); Swamp Thing; Syonide
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Wrap-around cover.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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typeset
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Who's Who's Hows and Whys
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Starfire I

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superhero
Who's Who
Starfire (I)
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Starfire II

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superhero
Who's Who
Starfire [Koriand'r]; Dick Grayson (background)
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Star Hawkins

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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superhero
Who's Who
Star Hawkins; Ilda (background)
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Star Hunters

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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superhero
Who's Who
Star Hunters [Darcy Vale; Dr. Bruce Sellers; Dr. Theodore McGavin; Donovan Flint; Jake Hammersmith; Mindy Yano]
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Starman I

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superhero
Who's Who
Starman [Ted Knight]
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Starman II

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superhero
Who's Who
Starman [Prince Gavyn]; Mn'torr (background)
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Starro

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superhero
Who's Who
Starro; Justice League of America [JLA; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Firestorm; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman; Martian Manhunter] (background)
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Star Rovers

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superhero
Who's Who
Star Rovers [Homer Gint; Karel Sorensen; Rick Purvis]
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Star Sapphire

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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superhero
Who's Who
Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (background); Predator [Carol Ferris] (background)
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Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Steel

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superhero
Who's Who
Steel [Hank Heywood III]; Dale Gunn (background); Commander Steel (background)
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Steelclaw

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superhero
Who's Who
Steelclaw; Black Canary (background)
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Steppenwolf

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superhero
Who's Who
Steppenwolf
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Sterling Silversmith

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Sterling Silversmith; Batman (background)
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Stiletta

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Stiletta; Hex (background)
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Stone Boy

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superhero
Who's Who
Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid (background); Color Kid (background)]
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Stripesy

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Who's Who
Stripesy; Star-Spangled Kid (background)
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Strong Bow

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superhero
Who's Who
Strong Bow
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Suicide Squad

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superhero
Who's Who
Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Jess Bright; Dr. Hugh Evans; Karin Grace; Blockbuster; Bronze Tiger; Captain Boomerang; Enchantress; Deadshot]
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Sun Boy

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superhero
Who's Who
Sun Boy; Doctor Regulus (background)
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Sunburst

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superhero
Who's Who
Sunburst; Doctor Light [Kimiyo Hoshi] (background)
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Sun Devils

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superhero
Who's Who
Sun Devils [Anomie Zitar; Myste; One; Two; Three; Pook; Rik Sunn; Scyla; Shikoh]
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Sun-Eater

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superhero
Who's Who
Sun-Eater; Ferro Lad (background)
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Super-Chief

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superhero
Who's Who
Super-Chief
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Supergirl

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superhero
Who's Who
Supergirl; Superman (background); Anti-Monitor (background)
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Superman I

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superhero
Who's Who
Superman (Earth-2); Lois Lane (Earth-2, background); Alexander Luthor, Jr. (Earth-3, background); Superboy-Prime (background); Superman (Earth-1, background)
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Superman II

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superhero
Who's Who
Superman (New Earth); Jor-El (New Earth, background); Lara (New-Earth, background); Perry White (New Earth, background); Jimmy Olsen (New Earth, background); Lois Lane (New Earth, background)
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Swamp Thing

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superhero
Who's Who
Swamp Thing; Abigail Arcane (background); John Constantine (background)
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Syonide

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superhero
Who's Who
Syonide (II); Syonide (I, background); Outsiders [Black Lightning; Metamorpho; Katana; Geo-Force] (background); Tobias Whale (background)
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Inside back cover. Places where some of the characters featured in this issue can be found and some related covers.

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