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Issue: The Best of DC #26
Publication Date: July 1982
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Issues: #26 of 71 Issues (178 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Sales
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/16/1982
Volume: 4
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Mike W. Barr (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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The Brave and the Bold

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Character(s): Batman; Deadman; Robin Hood; Viking Prince; Silent Knight; Suicide Squad
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-923
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The Brave and the Bold

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Batman Presents the Brave and the Bold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr [as Mike Barr]
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (p. 1); Trevor von Eeden (pp. 2-3)
Inker(s): Jim Aparo (p. 1); Larry Mahlstedt (pp. 2-3)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-8106
Disclose Notes: Characters who have starred in Brave and the Bold.
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You Can't Hide from a Deadman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Neal Adams
Inker(s): Neal Adams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman; Deadman
Character(s): Deadman; Batman; Robin [Richard Grayson]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #86 published October 1969
was You Can't Hide from a Deadman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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Three Arrows Against Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Russ Heath
Inker(s): Russ Heath
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Robin Hood
Character(s): Robin Hood
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #9 published December 1956
was Three Arrows against Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-8106
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from index of original printing.
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Menace of the Mirage People!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Suicide Squad
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #38 published October 1961
was Menace of the Mirage People! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-8106
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Threat of the Ice King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Viking Prince
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #18 published June 1958
was Threat of the Ice King [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: J-8106
Disclose Notes: Scripting credit from DC payment book. Scripting credit is erroneously given in this reprint to Robert Kanigher.
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The Sword in the Lake!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): The Silent Knight
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #21 published December 1958
was The Sword in the Lake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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The Secret Beneath the Earth, Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Bruno Premiani (credited)
Inker(s): Bruno Premiani (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cave Carson Adventures Inside Earth
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From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #31 published August 1960
was The Secret Beneath the Earth, Chapter 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-8106
Disclose Notes: Origin and first appearance.
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[The Secret Beneath the Earth] Chapter 2: The Incredible Lava Creature

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Bruno Premiani
Inker(s): Bruno Premiani
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cave Carson Adventures Inside Earth
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #31 published August 1960
was The Secret Beneath the Earth, Chapter 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[The Secret Beneath the Earth] Chapter 3: The Magnetic Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Bruno Premiani
Inker(s): Bruno Premiani
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cave Carson Adventures Inside Earth
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #31 published August 1960
was The Secret Beneath the Earth, Chapter 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Swamp Thing Is Back!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tom Yeates
Inker(s): Tom Yeates
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Swamp Thing
Character(s): Swamp Thing
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for Swamp Thing #1, on sale February 11, 1982.
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Six Star-Studded Spectaculars

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Character(s): Batman; Deadman; Robin Hood; Viking Prince; Silent Knight
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Preview panels of the stories in the issue.

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