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Issue: The Best of DC #29
Publication Date: October 1982
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Issues: #29 of 71 Issues (178 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/08/1982
Volume: 4
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Carl Gafford (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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Character(s): Sugar Plumm; Cecil "Spike" Wilson
First Line: You mean, if I wanna fill this pail with water, all I gotta do is stand here?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #92 published October 1970
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Pint-Size Nature Study

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer [as S. M.] (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer [as S. M.] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #58 published April 1965
was Pint-Size Nature Study [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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The New Pull-Toy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-8321
Disclose Notes: Originally produced for the foreign market.
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The Mystery of the Bouncing Stick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #97 published August 1971
was The Mystery of the Bouncing Stick [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Spike Discovers the Ocean!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #3 published August 1956
was Spike Discovers the Ocean! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Flashlight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #97 published August 1971
was The Flashlight [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Present!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Originally produced for the foreign market. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Spike's Adventure with the Air-Waves!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #56 published December 1964
was Spike's Adventures with the Air-Waves! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Lion in the House!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #58 published April 1965
was Lion in the House! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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The Big Hippo Mystery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Originally produced for the foreign market.
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The T.V. Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Albano
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Bill Draut
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Binky
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagLeave It to Binky #71 published February 1970
was The T.V. Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Credits from The Comic Reader #203.
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Adventure at the Animal Place!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Originally produced for the foreign market.
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Stanley's Birthday Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Howard Post
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Carl Gafford
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Stanley and His Monster
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Inventory story produced for Stanley and His Monster #113. Newly inked for this issue as confirmed by Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail. Pencil credit from The Comic Reader #203 (August 1982). Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn; The Comic Reader #203 credited the script to Arnold Drake.
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How Sugar & Spike Became a Pair of Christmas Dollies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #56 published December 1964
was How Sugar & Spike Became a Pair of Christmas Dollies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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Romance --- Half-Pint Style

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer [as S. M.] (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer [as S. M.] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #92 published October 1970
was Romance ... Half-Pint Style [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
First Line: Keep ringing, Doll-Boy!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #98 published October 1971
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: back cover top
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
First Line: He'll be thrilled...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #93 published December 1970
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: back cover bottom

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