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Issue: Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #2
Publication Date: April 1985
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Issues: #2 of 26 Issues (78 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/24/1984
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.35 CAD
£0.45 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 40 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The writers and colorists are only credited on the inside front cover, not on each individual sequence, so we have listed all of them for each entry.

There are also credits for Peter Sanderson and E. Nelson Bridwell as researchers, Todd Klein for production, Brenda Pope as proofreader, and Neal Pozner as design director.

On-sale date from DC Releases #11.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Automan; Azrael; Babe; Balloon Buster; Baron Bedlam; Baron Blitzkrieg; Baron Winters; Barren Earth; Jinal ne Comarr; Batgirl; Batman (Earth-1); Batman (Earth-2); Bat Lash; Bat-Mite; Batwoman; Beautiful Dreamer; Ben Boxer; Big Barda; Big Bear; Big Sir; Bizarro; Black Bison; Blackbriar Thorn; Black Canary (Earth-1); Black Canary (Earth-2); Black Condor; Blackfire; Black Hand; Blackhawk; The Blackhawks [Andre; Stanislaus; Hendrickson; Chop-Chop; Olaf; Chuck]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wrap-around cover. Batcave, Bat-Equipment, Bizarro World, Blackhawk Plane, and Blackhawk Island do not appear.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Whodunnit! Or Who's Who's Hows and Whys
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a pronunciation glossary for this issue.
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Automan

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Automan; Professor Miller Sterling (background); Ilda (background)
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Pages: 0.5
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Azrael

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Azrael
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Babe

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Babe; Hukka
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Pages: 1
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Balloon Buster

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Balloon Buster [Steve Savage]
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Baron Bedlam

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Baron Bedlam; Geo-Force (background)
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Baron Blitzkrieg

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Baron Blitzkrieg
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Baron Winters

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Baron Winters
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The Barren Earth

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Barren Earth; Jinal ne Comarr
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Pages: 1
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Batcave

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Keywords: Batcave; Batplane; Batcopter; Bat-Boat; Wayne Manor
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Batgirl

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Batgirl
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Pages: 1
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Bat Lash

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Bat Lash
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Batman I

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-2); Thomas Wayne (Earth-2, background); Martha Wayne (Earth-2, background); Joe Chill (Earth-2, background); Commissioner Gordon (Earth-2, background); Robin [Dick Grayson] (Earth-2, background); Alfred Beagle (background)
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Batman II

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-1); Robin [Jason Todd] (background); Thomas Wayne (Earth-1, background); Martha Wayne (Earth-1, background); Joe Chill (Earth-1, background)
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #35 published January 1987
as Batman [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #40 published January 1988
as Batman [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #39 published January 1988
as Batman [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Batman's Utility Belt

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
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Pages: 0.5
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Batmobile

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
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Batplane

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
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Batboat

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
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Bat-Mite

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Bat-Mite; Batman (background); Robin (background)
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Pages: 1
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Batwoman

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Batwoman [Kathy Kane]
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Beautiful Dreamer

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): The Forever People [Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider (background); Serifan (background); Big Bear (background)]
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In Content Item: FlagJack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #4 published May 2008
as Beautiful Dreamer [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Ben Boxer

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Ben Boxer; Steve (background); Renzi (background); Kamandi (background); Dr. Canus (background)
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Big Barda

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Big Barda; Mister Miracle (background)
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In Content Item: FlagJack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #4 published May 2008
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Big Bear

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): The Forever People [Big Bear; Vykin the Black (background); Mark Moonrider (background); Beautiful Dreamer (background)]
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In Content Item: FlagJack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #4 published May 2008
as Big Bear [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Big Sir

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Big Sir
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Bizarro

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois Lane (background); Superman (background)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Bizarro World

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Bizarro; Bizarro-Green Lantern; Bizarro-Batman; Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro-Perry White; Bizarro-Lois Lane; Bizarro-Krypto
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Black Bison

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Black Bison; Firestorm (background)
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Blackbriar Thorn

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Blackbriar Thorn; Etrigan the Demon (background); Superman (background)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Black Canary I

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Black Canary [Dinah Drake Lance] (Earth-2)
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Black Canary II

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance] (Earth-1)
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Black Condor

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Black Condor
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Pages: 1
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Blackfire

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Blackfire
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Pages: 1
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Black Hand

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Black Hand; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (background)
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Pages: 1
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Blackhawk

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Blackhawk
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Pages: 1
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Blackhawks

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Blackhawks [Andre; Stanislaus; Hendrickson; Chop-Chop; Olaf; Chuck]
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Blackhawk Plane

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Blackhawk Plane
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Pages: 0.5
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Blackhawk Island

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Blackhawk Island
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Pages: 0.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Places where some of the characters featured in this issue can be found and some related covers.

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