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Issue: The Best of DC #8
Publication Date: November 1980
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Issues: #8 of 71 Issues (178 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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The Secret Lives of Superman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #31 published January 1981
as Spezialausgabe! Alle Geheimidentitäten von Superman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Best of DC No. 8 -- Superman

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Five Other Identities of Superman!

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; Justice League of America [Green Arrow; The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Aquaman; Batman]; Topo; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Zhan-Zar
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #31 published January 1981
as Das Identitäten-Quintett! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #314 published July 1964
was The Day Superman Became the Flash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Original title: "The Day Superman Became the Flash!"
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The 1,000 Lives of Superman!

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): Mona Miles
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #31 published January 1981
as …Tausend Incognitos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #99 published August 1955
was The 1,000 Lives of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from index of original printing.
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From Riches to Rags!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #31 published January 1981
as Super-Maskerade [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #337 published May 1966
was From Riches to Rags! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Super-Genie of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; an enemy agent (intro, villain); Lori Lemaris (guest appearance); Krypto; Perry White
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #31 published January 1981
as Super-Geist im Streik [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #157 published November 1962
was The Super-Genie of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The New Lives of Superman! Part 1: Blind Clark Kent!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #31 published January 1981
as Supermans neue Leben! - Der Superbutler [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #182 published January 1966
was The New Lives of Superman! Part 1: Blind Clark Kent! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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[The New Lives of Superman!] Part 2: Clark the "K"!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Fredy Barnes; Clive Duncan; Perry White (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #31 published January 1981
as Supermans neue Leben! - Clark "Cool"! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #182 published January 1966
was [The New Lives of Superman!] Part 2: Clark the "K"! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Super-Cop of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Krypto (guest appearance); Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #31 published January 1981
as Polizei Epidemie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #160 published April 1963
was The Super-Cop of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Shocking Secret of Super-X!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Clark Kent; Super-X; Lana Lang; Professor Smithers
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #31 published January 1981
as Das Geheimnis der Killersporen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #408 published January 1972
was The Shocking Secret of Super-X! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Who Stole My Super-Powers?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): a world-killing alien plant (villain); Superman (Earth-1); Flash [Barry Allen]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Brad Hunter; Perry White; Iris Allen
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #220 published October 1969
was Hint: This Man Is Not Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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Does Superman Need Clark Kent?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-5030
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Is Clark Kent really Superman?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for the stories in the issue.

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