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Issue: The Best of DC #68
Publication Date: January 1986
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Issues: #68 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: 09/10/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Nicola Cuti (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #20.
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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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Halloween Special!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
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; Spike
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sugar and Spike

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Supar & Spike Turn into a Pair of Halloween Cats!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): Jeanine Casey
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #61 published October 1965
was Sugar and Spike Turn into a Pair of Hallowe'en Cats! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.33
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Digest Forum
First Line: Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.5
Disclose Notes: Letters page starts on bottom third of page 10 of the digest, continues on the bottom third of pages 16, 26, 38, 44, 50, 58, 64 (1/2 page), and 70, and concludes on the bottom third of page 84. Letters from Elaine Gosselin, Adam Burchess, and Ken Zoechler.
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The Day the Trees Got Sloppy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer
Colorist(s): George Roberts
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
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From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #37 published October 1961
was The Day the Trees Got Sloppy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Sugar & Spike Meet a Real Halloween Goblin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): George Roberts
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
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From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #55 published October 1964
was Sugar & Spike Meet a Real Halloween Goblin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9.67
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Sugar & Spike Meet Space Sprout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): Shelley Eiber
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
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From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #40 published April 1962
was Space Sprout [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.33
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Uncle Charley's Talking Pumpkin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): George Roberts
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
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From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #43 published October 1962
was Uncle Charley's Talking Pumpkin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Sugar and Spike Get Up in the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): Karin Orlando
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
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From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #43 published October 1962
was Sugar & Spike Get Up in the World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
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Space-Sprout Returns!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): Shelley Eiber
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
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From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #43 published October 1962
was Space-Sprout Returns! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.5
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Sugar & Spike's Adventures with the 4000-Year-Old Baby!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): Karin Orlando
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
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From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #48 published August 1963
was Sugar & Spike's Adventure with the 4000 Year Old Baby! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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The Shiny Round Roller

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): Jeanine Casey
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
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From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #3 published August 1956
was The Shiny Round Roller [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Sugar & Spike's Adventure with Real Halloween Magic!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): Helen Vesik
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
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From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #67 published October 1966
was Halloween Magic! Chapter One: Trick-or-Treat Babies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #67 published October 1966
was Halloween Magic, Chapter Two: Welcome to Mixdup City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #67 published October 1966
was Halloween Magic, Chapter Three: Which Queen Is the Witch Queen? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Across 21 pages, but 3 pages are only 2/3 of a page each.
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All-New Excitement

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Super Friends
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Mostly text promo for "Super Friends" TV series. In middle of previous story.
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Coming in Best of DC #70

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Binky
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Best of DC #70 (Binky). Black and white drawing of part of cover is depicted. In middle of previous story.
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Who's Who

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)
Colorist(s): Karin Orlando
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
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From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #40 published April 1962
was Who's Who? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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How Well Do You Know Your Sugar & Spike Baby-Talk?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer ?
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer ?
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSugar & Spike #64 published April 1966
was How Well Do You Know Your Sugar & Spike Baby-Talk? [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sugar & Spike
Character(s): Sugar; Spike; Little Arthur
First Line: And if I don't give you a treat...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Full-page gag cartoon.

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