The Best of DC #36 for Sale - First Appearance of Vorb-Un - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series)
Issue: #36
Publication date: May 1983
Key date: 1983-05-00
On-sale date: 1983-01-11
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.25; 1.50 CAD
Pages: 100

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Vorb-Un - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Amalak - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Superman vs Kryptonite	cover	1	pencils: Ed Hannigan; inks: Dick Giordano	Clark Kent, Superman
1	Best of DC -- Superman vs. Kryptonite	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
2	The Curse of Kryptonite!	comic story	7	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Kara Zor-El, Clark Kent, Krypto, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman
3	The Greatest Pitcher in the World!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman
4	The Untold Story of Red Kryptonite!	comic story	9	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Forte	Kara Zor-El, Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Krypto, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman, Perry White
5	The Invasion of the Bizarro World!	comic story	10.5	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte	Bizarro Junior, Bizarro-Lois, Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen, Bizarro-Perry White, Bizarro, Bizarro Junior, Bizarro-Krypto, Bizarro-Lois, Bizarro, Jor-El, Lara
6	How the Super-Family Came to Earth from Krypton	illustration	0.5		Clark Kent, Kara Zor-El, Krypto, Superbaby, Supergirl
7	The Menace of Gold Kryptonite!	comic story	9	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Clark Kent, Krypto, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, Superbaby, Superboy, Superman, Jax-Ur, Professor Va-Kox, Perry White, Joenne, Jay-Ree
8	Superboy Visits the 50th Century!	comic story	12	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Forte	Lana Lang, Sarah Lang, Clark Kent, Superboy
9	The Secret of Kryptonite Six!	comic story	13	script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein	Kara Zor-El, Clark Kent, Lori Lemaris, Jimmy Olsen, Supergirl, Superman, Vorb-Un First, Jax-Ur, Professor Va-Kox, Perry White
10	The Super-Outlaw of Metropolis	comic story	8	script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Lex Luthor, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superman
11	The Fury of the Kryptonian-Killer!	comic story	15	script: Jim Shooter; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein	Jor-El, Kara Zor-El, Clark Kent, Krypto, Lara, Jimmy Olsen, Supergirl, Superman, Amalak First
12	Cover - Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #70	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Forte	Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Superman
13	Kryptonite Handbook!	illustration	1	pencils: Howard Bender; inks: Larry Mahlstedt

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 1.25 USD; barcode 0709893173005
Canadian	price 1.50 CAD; barcode 0709893173005

Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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