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Issue: Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #4
Publication Date: June 1985
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Issues: #4 of 26 Issues (78 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/26/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.35 CAD
£0.45 GBP
$1.00 USD
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Content Items: 37 (0 stories, 1 cover)
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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 #13.
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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
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): The Cadre [Overmaster; Black Mass; Crowbar; Fastball; Nightfall; Shatterfist; Shrike]; Cain; Calculator; Calendar Man; Camelot 3000 [King Arthur; Sir Tristan; Sir Gawain; Sir Galahad; Merlin; Sir Lancelot; Queen Guinevere; Sir Percival; Sir Kay; Morgan Lefay]; Captain Atom; Captain Boomerang; Captain Carrot; Captain Cold; Captain Comet; Captain Compass; Captain Fear; Captain Marvel; Captain Marvel, Jr.; Captain Nazi; Captain Storm; Cat-Man; Catwoman (Earth-2); Catwoman (Earth-1); Cavalier; Cave Carson; Celsius; Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof. Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Chameleon Boy; Changeling; Cheetah [Priscilla Rich]; Cheetah [Deborah Domaine]; Chemical King; Chemo; Cheshire; Chief [Dr. Niles Caulder]; Chlorophyll Kid; Chris KL-99
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Includes a pronunciation glossary for this issue.
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Cadre

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Cadre [Overmaster; Black Mass; Crowbar; Fastball; Nightfall; Shatterfist; Shrike]
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Cain

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Cain
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The Calculator

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): The Calculator; Green Arrow (background)
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Calendar Man

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): Calendar Man [Julian Day]; Batman (background)
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Camelot 3000

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Camelot 3000 [King Arthur; Sir Tristan; Sir Gawain; Sir Galahad; Tom Prentice; Merlin; Sir Lancelot; Queen Guinevere; Sir Percival; Sir Kay; Modred; Morgan Lefay]
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Captain Atom

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): Captain Atom [Nathaniel Christopher Adam]
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Captain Boomerang

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Flash [Barry Allen] (background)
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Captain Carrot

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Captain Carrot [Roger Rodney Rabbit]
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Captain Cold

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Flash [Barry Allen] (background)
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Captain Comet

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Captain Comet [Adam Blake]
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Captain Compass

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Captain Compass [Mark Compass]
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Captain Fear

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Captain Fear [Fero]
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Captain Marvel

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam (background)
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Captain Marvel Jr.

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Captain Nazi (background)
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Captain Nazi

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger]; Adolf Hitler (background); Siegmund Krieger (background); Captain Marvel (background)
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Captain Storm

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Captain Storm [William Storm]; The Losers [Gunner; Sarge; Johnny Cloud] (background)
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Cat-Man

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Cat-Man [Thomas Blake]; Batman (background); Robin (background)
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Catwoman [Selina Kyle Wayne]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Catwoman [Selina Kyle Wayne] (Earth-2); Batman (Earth-2, background)
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #35 published January 1987
as Katze [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Catwoman [Selina Kyle]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (Earth-1); Batman (Earth-1, background)
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The Cavalier

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake]; Batman (background); Robin (background)
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Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Cave Carson

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Cave Carson [Calvin Carson]; Bulldozer Smith; Christie Madison; Johnny Blake; Lena
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Celsius

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Celsius [Arani Caulder]; The Chief (background)
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Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Challengers Mountain

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Character(s): Challengers Mountain
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Challengers of the Unknown

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof. Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis; Dr. June Robbins]
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Chameleon Boy

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]
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Changeling

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Changeling [Garfield Logan]
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Cheetah [Priscilla Rich]

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Cheetah [Priscilla Rich]; Wonder Woman (Earth-2, background)
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Cheetah [Deborah Domaine]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Cheetah [Deborah Domaine]; Wonder Woman (Earth-1, background); Kobra (background)
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Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Chemical King

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Chemical King [Condo Arlik]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Dawnstar; Wildfire; Chameleon Boy] (background)
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Chemo

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Chemo; Superman (background); Metal Men [Will Magnus; Platinum; Mercury; Iron; Lead; Gold; Tin] (background)
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Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Cheshire

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Cheshire [Jade]
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The Chief

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): The Chief [Dr. Niles Caulder]; General Immortus (background)
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Chlorophyll Kid

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Chlorophyll Kid [Ral Benem]
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Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Chris KL-99

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Chris KL-99; Halk (background); Jero (background)
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Feature(s): DC Comics
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Disclose Notes: Listing of DC Comics where characters profiled in this issue are appearing. Shows covers of 6 of those comics.
On inside back cover.

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