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DC Special Series #1

DC · [September] 1977 · on sale 1977-06-16

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Identification plate

Series
DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series)
Issue
#1
Issue title
5-Star Super-Hero Spectacular
Publication date
[September] 1977
Key date
1977-09-00
On-sale date
1977-06-16
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$1.00
Pages
84
Barcode
0709893211909
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
05 Star Super-Hero Spectacularcover1pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal AdamsThe Atom [Ray Palmer]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
2Contentstable of contents1script: Paul Levitz; pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Jim AparoPatty [Ms. Flash]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Kobra; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
3How to Prevent a Flashcomic story13script: Cary Bates; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Frank McLaughlin; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: Gaspar SaladinoPatty [Ms. Flash]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Wally West [Kid Flash]; Officer Barnes
4He Who Slaughters!comic story12script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Joe Staton; colors: Liz Berube; letters: Ben OdaGreen Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Guardians of the Universe; Green Lantern [Tomar-Re]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Green Lantern [Chaselon]; Green Lantern [Medphyll]
5A King without a Sea!comic story12script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Jack Abel; colors: Bob LeRoseAquaman [Arthur Curry]; Karhum; Omar Pairut [Sunburst]; Alexander the Great
6The Telephone Tanglecomic story10script: Paul Kupperberg; pencils: Steve Stiles; inks: Bob McLeod; colors: Liz BerubeAtom [Ray Palmer]; Alexander Graham Bell; Professor Werner; Alpheus V. Hyatt; Elisha Gray; Thomas A. Watson; Ulysses S. Grant; Dom Pedro
7The Dead on Arrival Conspiracycomic story17script: Martin Pasko; pencils: Mike Nasser; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben OdaBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Kobra; Jason Burr; Melissa McNeil
8Five Star Super-Stafferstext article1letters: typeset
9Volume 77 Issue 24 - Week of June 13, 1977in-house column1editing: Bob RozakisMister Miarcle [Scott Free]; Lola Barnett; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; The Outsider [Alfred Pennyworth]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0-930289-81-1		1991On eBay ›
The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0-930289-84-6		1992On eBay ›
Kobra: Resurrection #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-2655-8		2010On eBay ›
Comic Reader #1441977On eBay ›
Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus #3
ISBN 978-1-77951-016-7		2021On eBay ›

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Series context

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