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Issue: The Best of DC #6
Publication Date: July 1980
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Issues: #6 of 71 Issues (178 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/08/1980
Volume: 2
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893173008
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1980. On-sale date from Comic Reader #178.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest (5" x 6.75")
Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Daily Planet

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; The Private Life of Clark Kent
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-5023
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Best of DC -- Daily Planet

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Clark Kent's Masquerade As Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Perry White; Lois Lane; "Iron Ike"
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #331 published December 1965
was Clark Kent's Masquerade as Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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How Lois Lane Got Her Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman [also as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis: Lois remembers three scoops she got before she met Superman.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #17 published May 1960
was How Lois Lane Got Her Job [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Jimmy Olsen's 1,000th Scoop!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #51 published March 1961
was Jimmy Olsen's 1,000th Scoop! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Super-Cigars of Perry White!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elliot Maggin
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Perry White; Arnie Carter
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #436 published June 1974
was The Super-Cigars of Perry White! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Clark Kent, Gentleman Journalist!

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): Harvey Grey; Griselda Grey; Egbert Smills
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #85 published November 1953
was Clark Kent, Gentleman Journalist! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Dear Dr. Cupid!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman [also as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Bill the mailman
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #45 published November 1963
was "Dear Dr. Cupid!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Last Headline!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Pasko
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Tex Blaisdell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): The Private Life of Clark Kent
Character(s): Morgan Edge (villain); Clark Kent; Laura Conway; Perry White; Zack Dawson; Lois Lane; Steve Lombard; Lola Barnett; Jimmy Olsen; Ryan Lowell
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #280 published October 1974
was The Last Headline! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Superman Spectaculars

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; Perry White; Lois Lane
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #211 published December 1955
was The Superman Spectaculars [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Jimmy Olsen, Editor-in-Chief!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Robert Burke
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #63 published September 1962
was Jimmy Olsen, Editor-in-Chief! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The End of the Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; John Wilton; "Skip" Enders
Synopsis: When newspaper mogul John Wilton buys the Daily Planet and immediately shuts it down, the former employees start their own paper, gathering scoops in the new jobs they have taken to pay the bills. But Wilton tries to shut down this new competitor permanently.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #79 published November 1952
was The End of the Planet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Daily Planet Story

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-5024-A
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Daily Planet logo and text.
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Daily Planet

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; yellow background. Newspaper style promo for stories in the issue. Only illustration is Daily Planet logo.

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