World's Best Comics: Silver Age Sampler
DC Comics
United States.
- Published
- 2004
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.99 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/343943
Credits
- Editing
- Dale Crain (Senior Editor-Collected Editions)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Justice League of America; Sgt. Rock; Legion of Super-Heroes)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Justice League of America; Sgt. Rock; Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero; war
- Characters
- Justice League of America [Batman; Superman; Wonder Woman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman]; Sgt. Rock; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl]
Credits
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky
Joe Kubert
Curt Swan - Inks
- Bernard Sachs
Joe Kubert?
Murphy Anderson - Letters
- Typeset
- Editing
- Dale Crain (Senior Editor-Collected Editions)
Notes
A composite cover, the Batman figure is by Mike Sekowsky and Bernard Sachs and from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #37; the Sgt. Rock figure is probably by Joe Kubert; the Legion figures are by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson from the cover of The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1; the art credits for the remaining JLA members are undetermined, and from a house ad announcing Johnny DC (circa late 1962).
1Featuring
- Feature
- Justice League of America
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Ollie Queen]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter
Credits
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Justice League of America (1960 series) #4
Notes
Cover inks credited to Murphy Anderson on item.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Justice League of America
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Justice League of America [The Flash [Barry Allen]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Martian Manhunter; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Green Arrow [Ollie Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Superman; Snapper Carr]; Carthan; Xandor
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Reprint history
- First print
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Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #4 (April-May 1961) — Doom of the Star Diamond
- Also printed
-
Mighty Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #25 ([September 1961?]) — Doom of the Star Diamond!
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Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #67 (November-December 1968) — Doom of the Star Diamond (80 Page Giant G53)
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Superman Supacomic (KG Murray, 1974 series) #186 ([April 1975?]) — Doom of the Star Diamond
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Justice League of America Archives (DC, 1994 series) #1 (1992) — Doom of the Star Diamond!
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Showcase Presents: Justice League of America (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([December] 2005) — Doom of the Star Diamond
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Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1 (2006) — Doom Of The Star Diamond
- From GCD
- from Justice League of America (1960 series) #4
Synopsis
Carthan, banished from his homeworld Dryanna to Earth by his ruler Xandor, attempts to contact the Justice League for help but cannot do so directly. He activates three machines of destruction that hold him to Earth and takes Green Arrow hostage, hoping that the Justice League can deactivate the machines and free him.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Boy; Saturn Girl]
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl]
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (original editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (April 1958) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
- Also printed
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #29 ([October 1958?]) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1963) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #6 ([November 1965?])
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #6 ([November 1965?]) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
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DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #1 (March-April 1980) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
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Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #491 (September 1982)
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Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #491 (September 1982) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
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The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
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DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 (DC, 1992 series) (1992) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
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Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) (November 2000) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
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Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
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Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future (DC, 2008 series) ([June] 2008) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
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Adventure Comics (DC, 2009 series) #0 (April 2009) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
- From GCD
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247
Synopsis
Three teens from the future offer Superboy membership in their super-hero club. But when Superboy fails to complete three simple tasks, the Legionnaires pretend to reject him, until they reveal that the three tasks were merely intitiation pranks which proved he is a good sport.
Notes
First appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Lightning Lad is called Lightning Boy in this story only and all three Legionnaires appear in these costumes in this issue only. Several other unidentified Legionnaires appear in this story, including one who is colored to imply he is Brainiac 5. Story mistakenly credited to Jerry Siegel and George Papp in item. Correct credits from Archives and elsewhere.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Sgt. Rock
- Genre
- War
- Characters
- Sgt. Rock; The Iron Captain
Credits
- Art
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Editing
- Bob Kanigher (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Our Army at War (1952 series) #81
6Featuring
- Feature
- Sgt. Rock
- Genre
- War
- Characters
- Sgt. Rock; The Iron Captain
Credits
- Script
- Bob Haney
- Pencils
- Ross Andru
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Editing
- Bob Kanigher (original editor)
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Our Army at War (1952 series) #81
Synopsis
Sgt. Rock of Easy Company faces down The Iron Captain.
Notes
A composite cover, the Batman figure is by Mike Sekowsky and Bernard Sachs and from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #37; the Sgt. Rock figure is probably by Joe Kubert; the Legion figures are by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson from the cover of The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1; the art credits for the remaining JLA members are undetermined, and from a house ad announcing Johnny DC (circa late 1962).
Indicia
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