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Issue: Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #22
Publication Date: December 1986
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Issues: #22 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: 08/26/1986
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.35 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 31 (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, and Carl Gafford as copy editor.

On-sale date from DC Releases #31.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Starfire; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Star Hawkins; Star Hunters [Darcy Vale; Dr. Bruce Sellers; Dr. Theodore McGavin; Donovan Flint; Jake Hammersmith; Mindy Yano]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Starman [Prince Gavyn]; Starro; Star Rovers [Homer Gint; Karel Sorensen; Rick Purvis]; Star Sapphire [Carrol Ferris]; Steel [Hank Heywood III]; Steelclaw; Steppenwolf; Sterling Silversmith; Stiletta; Stone Boy; Stripesy; Strongbow; Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Jess Bright; Dr. Hugh Evans; Karin Grace]; Sun Boy; Sunburst; Sun Devils [Anomie Zitar; Myste; One; Two; Three; Rik Sunn; Scyla; Shikon]; Sun-Eater; Super-Chief; Supergirl; Superman (Earth-2); Superman (New Earth); Swamp Thing; Syonide
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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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Pages: 1
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Starfire I

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

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Starfire [Koriand'r]; Dick Grayson (background)
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Pages: 1
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Star Hawkins

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Star Hawkins; Ilda (background)
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Pages: 1
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Star Hunters

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Star Hunters [Darcy Vale; Dr. Bruce Sellers; Dr. Theodore McGavin; Donovan Flint; Jake Hammersmith; Mindy Yano]
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Pages: 1
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Starman 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): Starman [Ted Knight]
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Pages: 1
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Starman 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): Starman [Prince Gavyn]; Mn'torr (background)
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Pages: 1
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Starro

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Starro; Justice League of America [JLA; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Firestorm; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman; Martian Manhunter] (background)
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Star Rovers

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Star Rovers [Homer Gint; Karel Sorensen; Rick Purvis]
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Star Sapphire

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (background); Predator [Carol Ferris] (background)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Steel

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Steel [Hank Heywood III]; Dale Gunn (background); Commander Steel (background)
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Pages: 1
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Steelclaw

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Steelclaw; Black Canary (background)
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Steppenwolf

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Steppenwolf
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In Content Item: FlagJack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #4 published May 2008
as Steppenwolf [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Sterling Silversmith

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Sterling Silversmith; Batman (background)
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Pages: 1
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Stiletta

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Stiletta; Hex (background)
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Pages: 1
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Stone Boy

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Stone Boy; Chlorophyll Kid (background); Color Kid (background)]
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Stripesy

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Stripesy; Star-Spangled Kid (background)
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Strong Bow

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Strong Bow
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Suicide Squad

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Jess Bright; Dr. Hugh Evans; Karin Grace; Blockbuster; Bronze Tiger; Captain Boomerang; Enchantress; Deadshot]
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Pages: 2
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Sun Boy

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): Sun Boy; Doctor Regulus (background)
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Sunburst

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Sunburst; Doctor Light [Kimiyo Hoshi] (background)
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Sun Devils

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Sun Devils [Anomie Zitar; Myste; One; Two; Three; Pook; Rik Sunn; Scyla; Shikoh]
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Pages: 2
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Sun-Eater

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Sun-Eater; Ferro Lad (background)
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Pages: 0.5
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Super-Chief

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

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Supergirl; Superman (background); Anti-Monitor (background)
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Superman 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): Superman (Earth-2); Lois Lane (Earth-2, background); Alexander Luthor, Jr. (Earth-3, background); Superboy-Prime (background); Superman (Earth-1, background)
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Superman 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): Superman (New Earth); Jor-El (New Earth, background); Lara (New-Earth, background); Perry White (New Earth, background); Jimmy Olsen (New Earth, background); Lois Lane (New Earth, background)
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Swamp Thing

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Swamp Thing; Abigail Arcane (background); John Constantine (background)
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Syonide

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Who's Who
Character(s): Syonide (II); Syonide (I, background); Outsiders [Black Lightning; Metamorpho; Katana; Geo-Force] (background); Tobias Whale (background)
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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