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Best of DC 5

BEST OF DC #5

Cover Date: May-June 1980
Cover Price: $.95
Publication Date: 1980-02-12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Dick Giordano


Feature: "Year's Best Comic Stories" (1 Pages)


Credits:

typeset (letters)
E. Nelson Bridwell (associate edits)
Julius Schwartz (edits)


Comment(s):

Table of Contents.


 

Story (reprint): "The Miracle Man of Easy Company" (17 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from DC Comics Presents #10 (June 1979)


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Second Story (reprint): "Never Say Die!" (12 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Adventure Comics #466/2 (November-December 1979)


3



Third Story (reprint): "Minister of the Lord" (17 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Jonah Hex #24 (May 1979)


4


Fourth Story (reprint): "The Shadow of Jor-El!" (12 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superman Family #196 (July-August 1979)


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Fifth Story (reprint): "The Mouse of History" (6 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from House of Mystery #267 (April 1979)


6


Sixth Story (reprint): "The Curse of Crime Alley" (16 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Detective Comics #483 (April-May 1979)


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Seventh Story (reprint): "Clark Kent's Mynah Dilemma" (8 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superman Family #197/2 (September-October 1979)


8


Eighth Story (reprint): "Back Door to War!" (8 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from G.I. Combat #213 (April-May 1979)


9


Ninth Story (reprint): "Papa Don" (7 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Secrets of Haunted House #17 (October 1979)


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Tenth Story (reprint): "Fall and Rise of the Star-Child!" (17 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Action Comics #502 (December 1979)


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Feature: "Best Covers of the Year" (2 Pages)


Credits:


E. Nelson Bridwell (associate edits)
Julius Schwartz (edits)


Comment(s):

reprints of covers:
World of Krypton #3 (September 1979)
Weird War Tales #80 (October 1979)
Action Comics #496 (June 1979)
Flash Vol. 1 #279 (November 1979


 

Feature: "Who's Who on the Cover" (2 Pages)


Credits:

E. Nelson Bridwell (script)
typeset (letters)
E. Nelson Bridwell (associate edits)
Julius Schwartz (edits)


Comment(s):

Outline identifications of cover characters.


 

Feature: "The Story Behind the Issue" (1 Pages)


Credits:

E. Nelson Bridwell (script)
typeset (letters)
E. Nelson Bridwell (associate edits)
Julius Schwartz (edits)


Reprint Comment(s):

Feature reprinted from :Best of DC #5 (May-June 1980) [black and white, reduced to 1/2 page]

Comment(s):

Text article. Inside back cover.