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Publishers / DC / The Best of DC (1979) / #42

42November 1983
$1.25; 1.50 CAD

The Best of DC #42

DC · November 1983 · on sale July 12, 1983

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Identification plate

Series: The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series)
Issue: #42
Publication date: November 1983
Key date: November 1983
On-sale date: July 12, 1983
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.25; 1.50 CAD
Pages: 100

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Superman vs. the Aliens	cover	1	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Gaspar Saladino
1	Superman vs. the Aliens	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
2	The Legion of Super-Creatures!	comic story	12	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein
3	The Midget Menace	comic story	8	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye
4	The Thing from 40,000 A.D.!	comic story	10	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye
5	The Invulnerable Enemy	comic story	12	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye
6	The Interplanetary Circus!	comic story	9	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino
7	Jimmy Olsen's Private Monster!	comic story	9	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Forte	Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; TNT Gang; Lucy Lane; Lois Lane
8	The Creature of 1,000 Disguises	comic story	12	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye
9	The Super-Human Bomb!	comic story	14	script: Jim Shooter; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Wayne Boring	Superman; Brainiac; Grax; Lois Lane
10	A Doghouse for Superman!	comic story	10	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons
12	They Came to Earth!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Howard Bender; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Gaspar Saladino

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Canadian	price 1.50 CAD; barcode 0709893121611
Newsstand	price 1.25 USD; barcode 0709893121611

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Series context

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Sources

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