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Issue: Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #15
Publication Date: May 1986
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Issues: #15 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: 01/28/1986
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.35 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 33 (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 and Todd Klein for production.

On-sale date from DC Releases #24.
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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): Matrix-Prime; Matter-Eater Lad; Matter Master; Maxie Zeus; 'Mazing Man; Mento; Mera; Mercenaries [Gordon; Horse; Prince]; Merlyn the Archer; Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks; Metallo; Metal Men [Dr. Will Magnus; Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Nameless; Platinum; Tin]; Metamorpho; Metron; Midnight; Mindboggler; Mirage; Mirror Master; Miss Liberty; The Mist; Mister America [Tex Thomson]; Mister E; Mister Element [Albert Desmond]; Mr. Mind's Monster Society [Black Adam; IBAC; Jeepers; King Kull; Mr. Atom; Mr. Banjo; Mr. Mind; Mr. Who; Nippo; Nyola; Oom; Ramulus]; Mister Miracle; Mr. Mxyztplk; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Mister Tawky-Tawny
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wrap-around cover.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Who's Who's Hows and Whys
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a letter from Michael Fleisher about the Jonah Hex/Hex entries in Who's Who.
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Matrix-Prime

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Council [Matrix-Prime; Brains (background)]; Supergirl (background)
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Pages: 1
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Matter-Eater Lad

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Matter-Eater Lad
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Matter Master

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Matter Master; Hawkman [Katar Hol] (background); Hawkwoman [Shayera Thal] (background)
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Pages: 1
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Maxie Zeus

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): New Olympians [Maxie Zeus; Antaeus (background); Diana (background); Nox (background); Proteus (background); Vulcanus (background)]; Batman (background)
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'Mazing Man

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): 'Mazing Man; Denton (background); K.P. Watson (background); Guido Garibaldi (background); Eddie Valentine (background); Brenda Valentine (background)
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Pages: 1
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Mento

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mento; Elasti-Girl [as Rita Farr] (background); Changeling (background)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Mera

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mera; Aquaman (background); Black Manta (background); Arthur Curry, Jr. (background)
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Pages: 1
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The Mercenaries

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mercenaries [Gordon; Horse; Prince]
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Pages: 1
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Merlyn

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): League of Assassins [Merlyn [Arthur King]; Sensei (background)]; Green Arrow (background); Batman (background)
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Pages: 1
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Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks; Star-Spangled Kid (background)
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Pages: 1
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Metallo

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Metallo; Superman (background)
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Pages: 1
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Metal Men

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Metal Men [Dr. Will Magnus; Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Nameless; Platinum; Tin]
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Pages: 2
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Metamorpho

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Outsiders [Metamorpho; Katana (background)]; Simon Stagg (background); Sapphire Stagg (background); Java (background)
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Pages: 1
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Metron

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Metron; Orion (background); Lightray (background); Darkseid (background)
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In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1989 published January 1989
as Metron [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #4 published May 2008
as Metron [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Midnight

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Midnight; Doc Wackey (background); Gabby (background); Sniffer Snoop (background); Hotfoot (background)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Mindboggler

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mindboggler; Firestorm (background)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Mirage

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mirage; Batman (background); Robin (background)
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Pages: 1
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Mirror Master

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Flash [Barry Allen] (background)
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Pages: 1
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Miss Liberty

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Miss Liberty; Tomahawk (background)
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Pages: 1
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The Mist

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): The Mist; Starman [Ted Knight] (background); Black Canary (Earth-2, background)
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Pages: 1
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Mister America

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mister America [Tex Thomson]; Bob Daley (background)
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Pages: 1
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Mister Atom

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mister Atom; Captain Marvel (background)
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Pages: 1
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Mister E

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

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mister Element [Albert Desmond]; Flash [Barry Allen] (background); Doctor Alchemy [Alvin Desmond] (background)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Also the first Dr. Alchemy.
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Mr. Freeze

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mr. Freeze; Batman (background); Robin (background)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Mister Mind

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mr. Mind's Monster Society of Evil [Mister Mind; Captain Nazi (background); Mister Atom (background); Dr. Sivana (background); Crocodile Man (background); IBAC (background)]; Marvel Family [Captain Marvel, Jr.; Captain Marvel] (background)
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Mister Mind's Monster Society of Evil

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mister Mind's Monster Society of Evil [Black Adam; Captain Nazi; Crocodile Man; Dr. Sivana; The Dummy; Evil-Eye; Goat-Man; IBAC; Jeepers; King Kull; Mister Atom; Mister Banjo; Mister Who; Nippo; Nyola; Oggar; Oom; Ramulus]
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Pages: 2
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Mister Miracle

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mister Miracle [Scott Free]; Big Barda (background); Oberon (background); Granny Goodness (background); Doctor Bedlam (background)
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In Content Item: FlagJack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #4 published May 2008
as Mister Miracle [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Mister Mxyztplk I

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mister Mxyztplk; Superman (Earth-2, background)
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Pages: 0.5
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Mister Mxyzptlk 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): Mister Mxyzptlk; Superman (Earth-1, background)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Mister Tawky Tawny

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Mister Tawky Tawny; Captain Marvel (background)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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