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Issue: The Best of DC #15
Publication Date: August 1981
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Issues: #15 of 71 Issues (178 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/14/1981
Volume: 3
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Disclose Notes: Copyright © 1981 DC Comics Inc.

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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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Smallville Celebrates Superboy Day!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy; Lana Lang; Chief Douglas Parker; Lex Luthor; Pete Ross
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Best of DC -- Superboy

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 Laughing Stock of Smallville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Luthor; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang
Synopsis: Luthor pulls a series of stunts designed to make Superboy look ridiculous.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #292 published January 1962
was The Laughing Stock of Smallville! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Origin explains how Luthor lost his hair and began to hate Superboy.
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Lana Lang's Super-Birthday

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alvin Schwartz
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Creig Flessel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Lana Lang; Ma Kent
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #64 published April 1958
was Lana Lang's Super-Birthday [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Saddest Boy in Smallville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #88 published April 1961
was The Saddest Boy in Smallville! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Superboy's Secret Hideaways

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Superboy Legend
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #153 published January 1969
was The Superboy Legend: Superboy's Secret Hideaways [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #86 published January 1961
was The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script credit per Martin O'Hearn.
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Pete Ross' Super-Secret!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder ?; Robert Bernstein ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #90 published July 1961
was Pete Ross' Super-Secret! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Pete Ross learns Clark Kent is Superboy.
Script credit from an autographed copy of Superboy (1949 series) #90.
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The Old Maid of Smallville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Miss Finch; Lana Lang; Ma Kent
Synopsis: Superboy helps an old maid school teacher break out of her shell.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #83 published September 1960
was The Old Maid of Smallville! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Day Clark Kent Got a Haircut!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): John Sikela
Inker(s): John Sikela
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Joe Timmons; Pa Kent; Superboy robots
Synopsis: Smallville's barber wonders why he's never given Clark Kent a haircut.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #76 published October 1959
was The Day Clark Kent Got a Haircut! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Dog Catcher of Smallville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Krypto
Synopsis: Krypto and Superboy turn the tables on a crooked dog catcher.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #73 published June 1959
was The Dog-Catcher of Smallville! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Ordeal of Chief Parker!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Krypto
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #116 published October 1964
was The Ordeal of Chief Parker! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Rock 'n' Roll Riddle of Smallville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #195 published June 1973
was The Rock 'n' Roll Riddle of Smallville! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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Other Citizens of Smallville

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-5042
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Superboy Presents the People of Smallville!

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
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy; Lex Luthor; Don Blake; Joe Timmons; Burt Bentley; Edith Finch; James Hunter; Pete Ross; Douglas Parker; Lana Lang
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Headshots of Smallville residents featured in the interior stories.

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