DC Special
#8
(July-September 1970)
DC,
1968 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-05-21
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Action Comics #390 and from copyright registration.
Wanted -- The World's Most Dangerous Villains
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- W-458
Indexer Notes
Swan pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Murphy Anderson.
Table of Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell ?
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney; Carmine Infantino; Gil Kane; Joe Kubert
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff; Joe Giella; Joe Kubert
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- W-562
Joker-Luthor, Incorporated!
Superman and Batman and Robin / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Script
- Dave Wood
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Job Number
- W-287
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Luthor; Lois Lane; Hilton Webb; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Synopsis
- Joker and Luthor team up to rob a large gem show.
- Reprints
-
from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #129 (November 1962)
-
Who Doomed the Flash?
The Flash / comic story / 13.67 pages
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- W-288
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]
- Reprints
- from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #130 (August 1962)
-
The Day 100,000 People Vanished!
Green Lantern / comic story / 15.33 pages
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Gil Kane
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- W-289
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Sinestro (intro, villain); Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Guardians of the Universe; Weaponers of Qward (villains); Ki-Mon (Korugarn alien)
- Synopsis
- In an attempt to capture Green Lantern, Sinestro captures 100,000 people from the town of Valdale. The Guardians warn Green Lantern of Sinestro's plan and Green Lantern travels to Qward to rescue the citizens of Valdale.
- Reprints
- from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #7 (July-August 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 8 and 16 are 2/3-pages.
A Gallery of Batman's Deadliest Foes
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Murphy Anderson; Dick Sprang ?
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson; Dick Sprang ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- W-292
Indexer Notes
illustrations of the Joker, Penguin and Riddler taken from a set of posters drawn by Anderson. The Catwoman image appears to be from a Dick Sprang illustrated story.
Flash's Rogues' Gallery
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- W-291
- Reprints
- from 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #4 (October 1964)
-
Shadow-Thief of Midway City!
Hawkman / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert
- Inks
- Joe Kubert
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- W-290
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman [Katar Hol]
- Reprints
- from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #36 (June-July 1961)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Wanted -- The World's Most Dangerous Villains
-
1.
Table of Contents
-
2.
Joker-Luthor, Incorporated!
Superman and Batman and Robin -
3.
Who Doomed the Flash?
The Flash -
4.
The Day 100,000 People Vanished!
Green Lantern -
5.
A Gallery of Batman's Deadliest Foes
-
6.
Flash's Rogues' Gallery
-
7.
Shadow-Thief of Midway City!
Hawkman
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