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Issue: The Best of DC #27
Publication Date: August 1982
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Issues: #27 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: 04/13/1982
Volume: 4
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting 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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In3
Disclose Reprinted From8
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Superman versus Luthor

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #44 published January 1982
as Der Stählerne gegen seinen gefährlichsten Gegner - Lex Luthor! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-5063
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Best of DC -- Superman versus Luthor

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Luthor Nobody Knows!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elliot Maggin
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Lex Luthor (villain, origin); Superman; Clark Kent; Roy Raymond; Perry White; Superboy; Smallville Police Chief Douglas Parker
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #292 published October 1975
was The Luthor Nobody Knows! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Superman's Super Hold-Up!

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): Luthor; Lois Lane
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #59 published July 1952
was Superman's Super Hold-Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Most Dangerous Door in the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #213 published January 1969
was The Most Dangerous Door in the World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[The Most Dangerous Door in the World] Part II: Success is a Heartbeat Away!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #213 published January 1969
was The Most Dangerous Door in the World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Luthor Story

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell (signed)
Penciller(s): (various)
Inker(s): (various)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Ardora; Superman (cameo)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Article illustrated with panels from stories featuring Luthor.
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The Death of Luthor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Lexor; Ardora; Green Kryptonite; Brainiac (cameo)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #318 published November 1964
was The Death of Luthor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Condemned Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Ardora; Lexor; Lex Luthor (villain)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #319 published December 1964
was The Condemned Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Luthor's Hammer of Hate!

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): Lex Luthor; Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Anton Falenni; Dr. Thames
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #44 published January 1982
as Der Hammer des Lex Luthor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #423 published April 1973
was Luthor's Hammer of Hate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Lex Luthor -- Super Scalp-Hunter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elliot Maggin
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Lex Luthor (villain); Superman; Clark Kent; Perry White; Steve Lombard; Ali; Lois Lane; Carol
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #44 published January 1982
as Superman… du bist zu jung, um zu leben…! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #282 published December 1974
was Lex Luthor-- Super Scalp-Hunter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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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
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for Swamp Thing #1.
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Superman's Most Exciting Battles with His Arch-Foe!

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): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.

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