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Canadian Price Variant
At time of this issues release this was DC's longest running title. (1935-1983) |
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Adventure Comics 503 Modern |
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Canadian Price Variant. Last issue of the original Adventure Comics :sniff I still recall seeing the standard US issue of this Digest as a child and wanting it badly, but not having enough on me to purchase it. The next week when I got back to the shop it was gone.
At time of its cancellation Adventure was the longest running DC title have started it's run in 1935 as "New Comics" then "New Adventure Comics" from #12-#31 and finally "Adventure Comics" from #31-#503.
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At time of this issues release this was DC's longest running title. (1935-1983) |
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Adventure Comics 503 |
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Last issue of the original Adventure Comics :sniff I still recall seeing this Digest as a child and wanting it badly but not having enough on me to purchase it. The next week when I got back to the shop was gone. A few years later found one at the quarter bins at my LCS. Thanks to Vane for allowing me to purchase this near non-existent in high grade DC Digest.
At time of cancellation this was the longest running DC title having started it's run in 1935 as "New Comics" then "New Adventure Comics" from #12-#31 and finally "Adventure Comics" from #31-#503.
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Cover Date: September 1983
Release Date: June 2, 1983
Format: 96 Digest-Sized Pages
Cover Price: $1.25
Collection Group: Blue Ribbon Digest
Contents: Adventure Comics
Stories:
Legion of Super-Heroes: "The Mutiny of the Legionnaires"(18 pages)
Edmond Hamilton (Writer) John Forte (Artist)
Reprinted From: Adventure Comics #318 (1964)
Plastic Man: (Brickface the Wall-to-Wall Killer)(9 pages)
Martin Pasko (Writer) Joe Staton (Penciller) Robert R. Smith (Inker)
Ben Oda (Letterer) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Adventure Comics #471 (1980)
Aquaman: "The Big Pull"(16 pages)
Steve Skeates (Writer) Jim Aparo (Artist)
Reprinted From: Aquaman #51 (1970)
Aquaman: "The Traders' Trap"(14 pages)
Steve Skeates (Writer) Jim Aparo (Artist)
Reprinted From: Aquaman #52 (1970)
Zatanna: "The Tower of the Dead"(7 pages)
Len Wein (Writer) Gray Morrow (Artist)
Reprinted From: Adventure Comics #414 (1972)
Zatanna: "Kill -- or Be Killed"(7 pages)
Len Wein (Writer) Gray Morrow (Artist)
Reprinted From: Adventure Comics #415 (1972)
Newsboy Legion: (The Story of the Newsboy Legion)(13 pages)
Jack Kirby (Writer/Penciller) Joe Simon (Writer/Inker)
Reprinted From: Star Spangled Comics #7 (1942)
Jimmy Olsen: "Elastic Lad Jimmy and His Legion Romances"(9 pages)
Jerry Siegel (Writer) John Forte (Artist)
Reprinted From: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #76 (1964)
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DC Implosion victim |
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All-Star Comics 74 Modern |
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As a child I first started to collect comics years after this book was first on sale. Driving home from shopping one Sunday with my Mom we were stopped at a traffic light across the street from a local hall that hosted a small every other month free admission Comic con. After bit of pestering, she said I could run in for 10 minutes. 2nd table I reached had discount boxes. I saw this book thought the Staton cover was very cool, paid the .25 and ran back to the car before my time was up.
Victim of the DC Implosion.
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Newsstand.
Title lasted longer than the TV show. |
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Battlestar Galactica 23 Modern |
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CGC 9.8 |
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Newsstand Edition. The comic lasted 2 years longer than the TV show. 1 year if Galactica '80 is counted but no fan does!
Excellent Simonson/Janson cover and art.
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DC Implosion victim |
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Black Lightning 11 Modern |
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Victim of the DC Implosion
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Marvel's cover date May 1979 culling |
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Black Panther 15 Modern |
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Superb John Buscema Avengers, in effect, Cover! Last Issue. May 1979. Story was concluded a few months later in Marvel Premiere 53
Cover Date: May 1979
On Sale Date: February 13, 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
Page Count: 36
Editor: Roger Stern
Title: "Revenge of the Black Panther"
Pages: 17
Writer: Ed Hannigan
Penciller: Jerry Bingham
Inker: Gene Day
Letterer: Clem Robins
Colorist: George Roussos
Guest Appearances:
Captain America
Beast
Vision
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Newsstand |
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Blackhawk 273 Modern |
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After reading Evanier's blog posts of his experiences working on Blackhack. The inner workings of producing title were vastly interesting. Was very glad to find a copy of the last issue not to mention it being a newsstand.
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Newsstand. Last of all the DC Digests |
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Best of DC 71 |
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CGC 9.8 |
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Have memories of first seeing this book in the quarter section at a distant Comic Shop 3 years after it was released
Newsstand Edition Final Issue, Cover dated April 1986
Difficult to find high series number - issues 41-71 are considered to have a much lower print run than the earlier issues.
Not only the final issue of Best Of DC but the last of the DC Digests. Difficult to find high series number - issues 42-71 are considered to have a much lower print run than the earlier issues.
Cover Date: April 1986
Release Date: January 3, 1986
Format: 148 Page Digest
Cover Price: $1.50
Contents: Year's Best Comics Stories
Stories:
Superman: "The Day the Earth Died"(16 pages)
Ed Hannigan (Plotter) Paul Kupperberg (Scripter) Curt Swan (Penciller) Al Williamson (Inker)
Reprinted From: Superman #408 (1985)
Green Lantern Corps: "Mogo Doesn't Socialize"(6 pages)
Alan Moore (Writer) Dave Gibbons (Artist/Letterer)
Reprinted From: Green Lantern #188 (1985)
Blue Devil: "Trick Trap"(23 pages)
Gary Cohn (Writer) Dan Mishkin (Writer) Keith Giffen (Penciller) Gary Martin (Inker)
Reprinted From: Blue Devil #8 (1985)
Vega: "Brief Lives"(4 pages)
Alan Moore (Writer) Kevin O'Neill (Artist)
Reprinted From: Omega Men #26 (1985)
Swamp Thing: "Rite of Spring"(23 pages)
Alan Moore (Writer) Steve R. Bissette (Penciller) John Totleben (Inker)
Reprinted From: Saga of Swamp Thing #34 (1985)
"The Silent Treatment"(7 pages)
Mike W. Barr (Writer) Jerome K. Moore (Artist)
Reprinted From: Batman and the Outsiders #21 (1985)
Ambush Bug: "Bits of (Ambush) Bugginess"(5 pages)
Keith Giffen (Plotter/Penciller) Robert Loren Fleming (Scripter)
Reprinted From: Action Comics #565 (1985)
Superman/Adam Strange: "The Ghost of Krypton Past"(24 pages)
Cary Bates (Writer) Klaus Janson (Artist)
Reprinted From: DC Comics Presents #82 (1985)
Green Lantern Corps: "Forever Blowing Bubbles"(6 pages)
Mike Baron (Writer) Marshall Rogers (Artist)
Reprinted From: Green Lantern #187 (1985)
Batman: "Just as Night Follows Day..."(23 pages)
Doug Moench (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Alfredo P. Alcala (Inker)
Reprinted From: Batman #383 (1985)
Hukka: "Hukka Vs. the Bob"(7 pages)
Keith Giffen (Plotter/Penciller) Robert Loren Fleming (Scripter) Karl Kesel (Inker)
Reprinted From: Atari Force #20 (1985)
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Marvel's cover date May 1979 culling |
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Captain Marvel 62 Modern |
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May 1979 Marvel mini-implosion victim. Story was concluded months later in the newly launched Marvel Spotlight Vol 2
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First Batman and the Outsiders |
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Brave and the Bold 200 Modern |
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1st app Halo, Katana, Geo-Force and Outsiders in 16 page preview. Aparo cover.
As a kid I recall being saddened there would be no more Batman Team-ups. Batman and The Outsiders which took over for this title at first was pretty good, but simply not the same as the thrill and excitement of seeing who would co-starring with Batman in Brave and the Bold every month
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1st told JSA origin. |
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DC Special 29 Modern |
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Neal Adams cover. 1st told JSA origin
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1977
On Sale Date: May 12, 1977
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 48
Editor: Joe Orlando
Title: "The Untold Origin of the Justice Society"
Pages: 34
Feature(s):
Justice Society of America (of Earth-2)
Writer: Paul Levitz
Penciller: Joe Staton
Inker: Bob Layton
Letterer: Bill Morse
Colorist: Anthony Tollin
Reprinted In:
Best of DC #21 Digest (1982)
Justice Society Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
Showcase Presents:All-Star Comics TPB (2011)
Feature Character(s)
Justice Society of America (origin revealed; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in All-Star Comics #3)
Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #31; next appearance in Superman #8)
Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #46; next appearance in Detective Comics #47)
Flash (last appearance in Flash Comics #12; next appearance in Flash Comics #13)
Hawkman (last appearance in Flash Comics #12; next appearance in Flash Comics #13)
Green Lantern (last appearance in All-American Comics #21; next appearance in All-American Comics #22)
Atom (last appearance in All-American Comics #21; next appearance in All-American Comics #22)
Sandman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #57; next appearance in All-Star Comics #3)
Hourman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #57; next appearance in All-Star Comics #3)
Spectre (last appearance in More Fun Comics #62; next appearance in All-Star Comics #3)
Doctor Fate (last appearance in More Fun Comics #62; next appearance in All-Star Comics #3)
Guest Appearance(s)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (last appearance in More Fun Comics #62; next appearance in All-Star Squadron Annual #3)
Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #3; next appearance in World's Best Comics #1)
Comments:
Prologue
Chapter One: "Gotham City, U.S.A."
Chapter Two: "Glasgow, Scotland"
Interlude: "Salem, Massachusetts"
Chapter Three: "Berlin, Germany"
Chapter Four: "America"
Chapter Five: "Dover, England—Invasion"
Chapter Six: "Berlin, Germany"
Chapter Seven: "The English Channel"
This story takes place in November, 1940, as revealed in America vs The Justice Society #1.
Hawkman is mistakenly depicted wearing the wrong mask in this story.
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New Joe Kubert Covers |
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DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest 24 |
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Difficult to find High Grade Digest. Last Issue. New Joe Kubert covers
"100 Pages of Blood Curdling Screams"
Cover Date: August 1982
Release Date: May 6, 1982
Format: Digest
Cover Price: $0.95
Contents: The House Of Mystery
Stories:
"No Strings Attached" (11 pages)
Len Wein (Writer) Bill Draut (Artist)
Reprinted From: House of Mystery #191 (1971)
"The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" (7 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Alexander Toth (Artist)
Reprinted From: House of Secrets #83 (1969)
"All in the Family..." (9 pages)
Bernie Wrightson (Plotter/Artist) Virgil North (Scripter)
Reprinted From: House of Mystery #204 (1972)
"The Demon Within" (7 pages)
Joe Orlando (Plotter) John Albano (Scripter) Jim Aparo (Artist)
Reprinted From: House of Mystery #201 (1972)
"Hyde -- and Go Seek" (8 pages)
Len Wein (Writer) Tony DeZuniga (Artist)
Reprinted From: House of Secrets #94 (1971)
"Double Take" (4 pages)
Steve Skeates (Writer) George Tuska (Artist)
Reprinted From: Witching Hour #12 (1970)
"The Whole Ball of Tin" (7 pages)
Gerry Conway (Writer) Len Wein (Writer) Robert Oksner (Artist)
Reprinted From: House of Mystery #199 (1972)
"Tomorrow I Hang" (5 pages)
E. Nelson Bridwell (Writer) Jim Aparo (Artist)
Reprinted From: House of Mystery #209 (1972)
"The House of Endless Years" (7 pages)
Gerry Conway (Writer) Bill Draut (Artist)
Reprinted From: House of Secrets #83 (1969)
"Countdown" (3 pages)
Ralph Reese (Artist)
Reprinted From: House of Mystery #195 (1971)
"A Girl and Her Dog" (9 pages)
Gerry Conway (Writer) Gray Morrow (Artist)
Reprinted From: House of Mystery #196 (1971)
"Born Loser" (10 pages)
Jack Oleck (Writer) Alexander Toth (Artist)
Reprinted From: House of Mystery #194 (1971)
"Sno' Fun" (9 pages)
Sergio Aragones (Writer) Wally Wood (Artist)
Reprinted From: House of Mystery #199 (1972)
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Canadian Newsstand Price Variant |
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Ghost Rider 81 Modern |
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Canadian Price Variant. Condition sensitive black cover. I recall as child on a Saturday with my friends bicycling back from my LCS with this final issue. I had only started to read the title a few months prior and wanted more... This was a raw con purchase I later self-submitted. As a child I had the video game pictured on the back cover :)
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Newsstand |
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Ghosts 112 Modern |
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Newsstand Edition. Savannah Pedigree. Add extra scare factor if your name is Joey.
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Pop Culture Universes meet head-on. The king of All Monsters versus The Fantastic Four, SHIELD and The Avengers! |
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Godzilla 24 Modern |
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Pop Culture Universes meet head-on. The king of All Monsters versus The Fantastic Four, SHIELD and The Avengers! I wonder how exciting for child it must have been to pick up this and the previous issue when they were brand new on the stands.
Cover showing Godzilla walking into the sunset is perfect for this final issue.
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