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Issue: The Best of DC #71
Publication Date: April 1986
 
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Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/11/1985
Volume: none
Pages: 148
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #23.
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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
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Year's Best Comics Stories

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Ambush Bug
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Year's Best Comics Stories

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. Table of contents.
The Day the Earth Died!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Frank (Doorman at Clark Kent's apartment building); Lori Lemaris; Ronal
Superman contemplates dis-arming all the nuclear weapons on the Earth.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #408 [Direct] published June 1985
was The Day the Earth Died! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
16
Mogo Doesn't Socialize

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Reprinting
FlagGreen Lantern #188 [Direct] published May 1985
was Mogo Doesn't Socialize [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Trick Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Trickster
Reprinting
FlagBlue Devil #8 [Direct Sales] published January 1985
was Trick Trap [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
23
Brief Lives

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Reprinting
FlagThe Omega Men #26 published May 1985
was Brief Lives [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Rite of Spring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
FlagThe Saga of Swamp Thing #34 [Direct] published March 1985
was Rite of Spring [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
23
The Silent Treatment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
FlagBatman and the Outsiders #21 [Direct Sales] published May 1985
was The Silent Treatment! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Bits of (Ambush) Bugginess

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Ambush Bug; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman
Ambush Bug makes the rounds to his fellow heroes trying to drum up appearances for Ambush Bug #1.
Reprinting
FlagAction Comics #565 [Direct] published March 1985
was $ellout or Manna from Mando [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Original title: "$ellout or Manna from Mando." Three pages cut.
The Ghost of Krypton Past!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Superman; Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Zazura
Reprinting
FlagDC Comics Presents #82 [Direct Sales] published June 1985
was The Ghost of Krypton Past! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
24
Forever Blowing Bubbles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Reprinting
FlagGreen Lantern #187 [Direct] published April 1985
was Forever Blowing Bubbles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Just As Night Follows Day...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Robin; Alfred; Julia Pennyworth; Vicki Vale; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock
Reprinting
FlagBatman #383 [Direct] published May 1985
was Just As Night Follows Day... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
23
Hukka vs. the Bob!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Hukka; BOB; Chris Champion (off-panel)
Chris buys the Hukka a new personal robot pal named BOB. But when BOB's antenna breaks, the robot goes on a rampage.
Reprinting
FlagAtari Force #20 [Direct] published August 1985
was Hukka vs. the Bob! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
various
various
typeset
Subject Matter
Digest Forum
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. Comments about the changes made to stories to make them fit the digest format. Also small collage of issue covers from the stories.
Final List

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. List of stories with cluttered bulletin board background.

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