Monday, August 13, 2007

Best of DC Blue Ribbon Digest #59 - April 1985

sgA genuinely spooky cover, courtesy Klaus Janson. I'm not sure what "Sagas" means, since one of these stories is only nine pages long, but:

"The Second Coming of Superman" by Cary Bates, Curt Swan, and Vince Colletta (a sixty-three--well, that's a saga--page story from Superman Spectacular #5)
"The One Minute of Doom!" by Edmond Hamilton and John Forte
"Let My People Grow!" by Len Wein, Swan, and Frank Chiaramonte

...plus a Superman vs. Brainiac pin-up by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, that on the table of contents is listed as "from the 1982 DC Comics Style Guide." Editor Nick Cuti was being charmingly honest with that credit. Did most readers know what a "style guide" even was?

3 comments:

Wesley Horton said...

I just got a best of DC superman no. 1 OCT from my grandma. I dont want to sell it cause its really cool but i want to know how much its worth? How do i do it? or do u know its worth? Thanks.
WES

rob! said...

it sells on ebay for around $10, depending on the condition. the digests, generally, arent that valuable, which is good for collectors like me...

Fat Boy said...

I have Superman Spectacular #5 and the Curt Swan and Vince Colletta art is beautiful. Didn't know that one was reprinted though.