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52September 1984
$1.75; 2.25 CAD

The Best of DC #52

DC · September 1984 · on sale 1984-05-15

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Series
The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series)
Issue
#52
Publication date
September 1984
Key date
1984-09-00
On-sale date
1984-05-15
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$1.75; 2.25 CAD
Pages
148

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Year's Best Comics Storiescover2pencils: Paris Cullins; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Gaspar SaladinoSuperman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Green Lantern; Elongated Man; Green Arrow; Teen Titans; Legion of Super-Heroes; Blackhawks; Swamp Thing; Metamorpho; Firestorm; Aquaman
1Best of DC -- Year's Best Comics Storiestable of contents1script: Nicola Cuti
2Siege!comic story23script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Keith Pollard; inks: Romeo Tanghal; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: John Costanza
3The Death of Blackhawk Island!comic story23script: Mark Evanier; pencils: Dan Spiegle; inks: Dan Spiegle; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Carrie McCarthy
4The Birthrightcomic story25script: Dan Mishkin, Gary Cohn; pencils: Ernie Colón; inks: Ernie Colón; colors: Tom Ziuko; letters: John CostanzaAmethyst; Dark Opal (intro, villain); Fire Jade (intro); Herb Winston; Marion Winston; Belaz; Granch; Citrina; Sardonyx (villain); Fauna; Laral; Lord Amethyst (flashback); Lady Amethyst (flashback)
5Violet's Storycomic story21script: Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen; pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: John Costanza
6The Dummy - Part 2comic story13script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Frank Redondo; inks: Frank Redondo; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Esphid Mahilum
7Stopover in a Place of Secret Truthscomic story23script: Martin Pasko; pencils: Steve Bissette; inks: John Totleben; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: John Costanza
8Look to the Mountaintopcomic story16script: Doug Moench; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Bob Smith; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Ben Oda
9You Gotta Be Kidding!!!text article1script: Nicola Cuti

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Newsstandprice 1.75 USD; barcode 0709893173009
Canadianprice 2.25 CAD; barcode 0709893173009

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