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Issue: The Best of DC #54
Publication Date: November 1984
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Issues: #54 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: 07/10/1984
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Nicola Cuti
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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 Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Superman Battles Weird Villains!

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Penciller(s): Ed Hannigan [as EH] (signed)
Inker(s): Klaus Janson [as KJ] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Bizarro-Superman; Gorilla Grodd; Solomon Grundy; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Metallo; Toyman Team
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wrap-around cover. Signed with initials on back cover.
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Best of DC -- Superman Battles Weird Villains

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Mxyzptlk Spelled Backward Is T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Pasko
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Shelly Eiber
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Mr. Mxyzptlk (villain); Miss Bgbznz (intro, weds Mr. Mxyzptlk); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen (cameo)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #335 [DC Logo] published May 1979
was Mxyzptlk Spelled Backward Is T-R-O-U-B-L-E [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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The Sixty Deaths of Solomon Grundy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Englehart
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Jeanine Casey
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Swamp Thing
Character(s): Superman; Swamp Thing; Solomon Grundy (villain); Lois Lane; Dr. Jenet Klyburn
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDC Comics Presents #8 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1979
was The Sixty Deaths of Solomon Grundy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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Gorilla Grodd's Grandstand Play!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elliot Maggin
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Helen Vesik
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Grodd; Superman; Lois Lane; Morgan Edge; Solovar; the Secretary General of the United Nations
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #424 published June 1973
was Gorilla Grodd's Grandstand Play! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Target of the Toymen!

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; the original Toyman (villain); the new Toyman (intro, villain)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #432 published February 1974
was Target of the Toymen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Man with the Kryptonite Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Pasko
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Tex Blaisdell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Metallo [Roger Corben (the first Metallo's brother)] (intro, villain); SKULL; Dr. Albert Michaels; Steve Lombard; Lois Lane
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #310 published April 1977
was The Man with the Kryptonite Heart [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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Happy New Year... Rest in Peace!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Pasko
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Helen Vesik
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Bizarro #1 (guest star, brief origin); Bizarro World; Bizarro-Morgan Edge; Morgan Edge; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro-Lois Lane (flashback)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #333 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1979
was Happy New Year... Rest in Peace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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Star Trek

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Star Trek
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for DC's Star Trek comic.

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