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Issue: The Best of DC #59
Publication Date: April 1985
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Issues: #59 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: 12/11/1984
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #11.
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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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Superman Sagas

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Best of DC -- Superman Sagas

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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The Second Coming of Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): John Lamartine (idea)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #5 published November 1977
was [Chapter One] The Second Coming of Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Chapter Two: The First Coming of Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): John Lamartine (idea)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #5 published November 1977
was Chapter Two: The First Coming of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Chapter Three: A God Walks Among Us!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): John Lamartine (idea)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #5 published November 1977
was Chapter Three: A God Walks among Us! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Chapter Four: The Fall and Rise of Sonzrr!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): John Lamartine (idea)
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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #5 published November 1977
was Chapter Four: The Fall and Rise of Sonzrr! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 19
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The One Minute of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman (brief origin); Supergirl (guest star, brief origin); Krypto (guest star, brief origin); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Zor-El (flashback); Alura (flashback); Brainiac (flashback); Bizarro #1; Bizarro-Lois #1; Dr. Xadu
Synopsis: All the surviving beings of Krypton observe a moment of silence to remember the descruction of Krypton.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #150 published January 1962
was The One Minute of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Let My People Grow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #338 [DC Logo] published August 1979
was Let My People Grow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Chapter Two: The Lilliput Problem!

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #338 [DC Logo] published August 1979
was Let My People Grow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Chapter Three: All Creatures Great and Small...!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #338 [DC Logo] published August 1979
was Let My People Grow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Superman vs Brainiac

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: From the DC Comics Style Guide 1982.
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Superman #338 Cover

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Supergirl
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #338 [DC Logo] published August 1979
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Text in cover UPC box says "The cover that inspired our back cover."
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Don't Miss These Exciting Tales!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Supergirl
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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