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57February 1985
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The Best of DC #57

DC · February 1985 · on sale 1984-10-09

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Series: The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series)
Issue: #57
Publication date: February 1985
Key date: 1985-02-00
On-sale date: 1984-10-09
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.50; 2.00 CAD
Pages: 100

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	A Tale of Revenge!	cover	1	pencils: Pat Broderick; inks: Pat Broderick; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Light Lass; Chameleon Boy; Invisible Kid; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5]; Superboy
1	Best of DC -- The Legion of Super-Heroes	table of contents	1	script: Nicola Cuti
2	Part I: The Legion of Super-Outlaws!	comic story	8.67	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte; colors: Jeanine Casey; letters: Vivian Berg	Heroes of Lallor [Beast Boy; Gas Girl; Evolvo Lad; Duplicate Boy; Life Lass]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Star Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Invisible Kid]; Marden King
3	The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes	text article	2	letters: typeset
4	Part II: The Battle of the Super-Teams!	comic story	7.67	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte; colors: Jeanine Casey; letters: Vivian Berg	Legion of Super-Heroes [Colossal Boy; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Star Boy; Invisible Kid; Element Lad; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad]; Heroes of Lallor [Duplicate Boy; Gas Girl; Life Lass; Beast Boy; Evolvo Lad]; Marden King
5	Part I: Lex Luthor Meets the Legion of Super-Heroes!	comic story	6.67	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte; colors: Shelley Eiber; letters: Vivian Berg	Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Star Boy; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl; Lightning Lad; Phantom Girl; Shrinkng Violet; Light Lass; Invisible Kid; Mon-El; Superboy (in flashback)]; Lex Luthor
6	Part II: The Super-Vengeance of Lex Luthor!	comic story	7.67	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte; colors: Shelley Eiber; letters: Vivian Berg	Legion of Super-Heroes [Matter-Eater Lad; Triplicate Girl; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Light Lass; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Star Boy; Element Lad; Mon-El; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad; Invisible Kid; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Supergirl; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Element Lad]; Lex Luthor; Pro
7	Part I: The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires!	comic story	7.66	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte; colors: George Roberts; letters: Milt Snapinn	Legion of Super-Heroes [Light Lass; Triplicate Girl; Shrinking Violet; Supergirl; Phantom Girl; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Lightning Lad; Colossal Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Superboy]; Proty II
8	Part II: The Triumph of the Super-Heroines	comic story	6.66	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: John Forte; inks: George Klein; colors: George Roberts; letters: Milt Snapinn	Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Light Lass; Triplicate Girl; Supergirl; Shrinking Violet; Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Star Boy; Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Element Lad]; Queen Azura
9	Part I: The Lone Wolf Legionnaire!	comic story	8	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: John Forte; inks: George Klein; colors: Karin Orlando; letters: Milt Snapinn	Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Light Lass; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Matter-Eater Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5]; Lone Wolf
10	Part II: The Youth Who Wasn't Human	comic story	7	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: John Forte; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; colors: Karin Orlando; letters: Milt Snapinn	Legion of Super-Heroes [Light Lass; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad]; Lone Wolf
11	[Part I]: The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion!	comic story	7	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Shelley Eiber; letters: David Huffine	Legion of Super-Heroes [Triplicate Girl; Sun Boy; Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Star Boy; Shrinking Violet; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Phantom Girl]; Command Kid; Bouncing Boy
12	Part II: The Secret of the Legion Rookie?!	comic story	7	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Shelley Eiber; letters: David Huffine	Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid; Star Boy; Triplicate Girl; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy; Saturn Girl; Element Lad]; Command Kid
13	[Part I]: The Bizarro-Legion!	comic story	8	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Helen Vesik; letters: David Huffine	Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Ultra Boy; Mon-El]; Time Trapper; Legion of Stupor-Bizarros [Bizarro-Superboy; Bizarro-Lightning Lad; Bizarro-Invisible Kid; Bizarro-Chameleon Boy; Bizarro-Brainiac 5; Bizarro-Sat
14	Part II: The Mad, Mad, Mad Bizarro-Legion	comic story	8	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Helen Vesik; letters: David Huffine	Legion of Super-Heroes [Light Lass; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Element Lad; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid]; Legion of Stupor-Bizarros [Bizarro-Ultra Boy; Bizarro-Mon-El; Bizarro-Superboy; Bizarro-Saturn Girl; Bizarro-Cosmic Boy; Bizarro-Invisible Kid]
15	The Origin and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes	character profile	4	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; colors: Shelley Eiber
16	The Story Behind the Stories	text article	1	script: Paul Levitz
17	Be Sure to Miss!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Nicola Cuti; pencils: Pat Broderick; inks: Pat Broderick; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Legion of Stupor-Bizarros [Bizarro-Superboy; Bizarro-Saturn Girl; Bizarro-Lightning Lad; Bizarro-Invisible Kid; Bizarro-Cosmic Boy]

Printings and variants

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Newsstand	price 1.50 USD; barcode 0709893173002
Canadian	price 2.00 CAD; barcode 0709893173002

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