The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- 1990
- Page count
- 288
- Cover price
- 24.95 USD; 30.95 CAD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/47333
Credits
- Editing
- Mike Gold
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
Cover, 1 page
1Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
2Featuring
- Feature
- Foreword
Credits
- Author
- Roy Thomas
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
Various covers used for illustration.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Introduction
Credits
- Script
- Mike Gold
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
Various old panels used as illustrations.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Boy Commandos
- Genre
- Adventure; war
Credits
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon
- Colours
- Tom Ziuko
5Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff (not credited in the book)
- Art
- Dick Sprang
- Colours
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- George Roussos
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #30 (August-September 1945) — While the City Sleeps!
- Also printed
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #236 (November 1971) — While the City Sleeps!
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #87 (July 1972) — While the City Sleeps
-
Batman Album (Murray, 1978 series) #41 ([January 1979?]) — While the City Sleeps
6Featuring
- Feature
- Hawkman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Colours
- Helen Vesik
Notes
Original issue index list this story as 9 pages. (?)
7Featuring
- Feature
- Plastic Man
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bill Woolfolk (credited to someone else in the book)
- Art
- Jack Cole
- Colours
- Greg Theakston
8Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Win Mortimer
- Colours
- Bob Le Rose
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
9Featuring
- Feature
- Wildcat
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Art
- Irwin Hasen
- Colours
- Tom Ziuko
10Featuring
- Feature
- Black Canary
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bob Kanigher (not credited in the book)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia (not credited in the book)
- Colours
- Shelly Eiber
11Featuring
- Genre
- Superhero
12Featuring
- Feature
- Kid Eternity
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Joe Millard (not credited in the book)
- Pencils
- Pete Riss ?
- Colours
- Robbie Busch
Notes
Artist revision from Mac Raboy to ? by Craig Delich 2013-5-13. Editor Busy Arnold, in an interview on June 30, 1972, states "Mac Raboy never did any work for Quality Comics".
Pencils tentatively credited to Pete Riss through consensus art identification on the GCD-Main discussion list (September 10, 2013).
13Featuring
- Feature
- Scribbly
- Genre
- Humor; children
Credits
- Script
- Sheldon Mayer
- Art
- Sheldon Mayer
- Colours
- Anthony Tollin
14Featuring
- Feature
- Green Lantern
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bob Kanigher (not credited in the book)
- Art
- Alex Toth
- Colours
- Tom Ziuko
15Featuring
- Feature
- Sandman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Creig Flessel (not credited in the book)
- Art
- Creig Flessel
- Colours
- Tom Ziuko
16Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Art
- Everett Hibbard
- Colours
- Nansi Hoolahan
Notes
Originally two 10-page sequences.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Starman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox (not credited in the book)
- Art
- Jack Burnley
- Colours
- Tom Ziuko
18Featuring
- Feature
- Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- George Papp
- Colours
- Bob Le Rose
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor)
19Featuring
- Feature
- Spectre
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Bernard Baily
- Colours
- Tom Ziuko
Reprint history
- First print
-
Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #83 (July 1956) — The Boy From Nowhere
- Also printed
-
The Big Four (KG Murray, 1956 series) #2 ([1956??]) — The Boy From Nowhere
-
The Big Four (KG Murray, 1956 series) #2 ([1956??])
-
Wonder Woman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #1 ([October 1976?]) — The Boy From Nowhere
20Featuring
- Feature
- Vigilante
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Joe Samachson (not credited in the book)
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks
- Mort Meskin
- Colours
- Robbie Busch
Notes
Contents page mislabels this as from Action Comics #128.
21Featuring
- Feature
- Slam Bradley
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Joe Shuster
- Colours
- Robbie Busch
22Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
23Featuring
- Feature
- Black Condor
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Harry Stein
- Art
- Lou Fine
- Colours
- Greg Theakston
24Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
25Featuring
- Feature
- Johnny Quick
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder (not credited in the book)
- Art
- Dan Barry
- Colours
- Helen Vesik
26Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger (not credited in the book)
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- Tom Ziuko
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #61 (November-December 1949) — Superman Returns To Krypton!
- Also printed
-
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #14 (May 1951) — Superman Returns To Krypton
-
Mammoth Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956?) ([December 1956?]) — Superman Returns to Krypton!
-
Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) ([October] 2005) — Superman Returns to Krypton
27Featuring
- Feature
- Robotman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Joe Samachson (credited to someone else in the book)
- Art
- Jimmy Thompson
- Colours
- Shelly Eiber
28Featuring
- Feature
- Blackhawk
- Genre
- Adventure; war
Credits
- Script
- Bill Woolfolk ?
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall
- Colours
- Greg Theakston
29Featuring
- Feature
- Wonder Woman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Joye Murchison [as Charles Moulton]
- Pencils
- Harry G. Peter [as H. G. Peter]
- Inks
- Harry G. Peter [as H. G. Peter]
Arlene (uncredited, backgrounds) - Colours
- Robbie Busch
30Credits
- Letters
- Typeset
31Featuring
- Feature
- Justice Society of America
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bob Kanigher (credited to someone else in the book)
- Pencils
- Irwin Hasen
- Inks
- John Belfi (not credited in the book)
- Colours
- Helen Vesik
32Featuring
- Feature
- Hawkman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bob Kanigher (credited to someone else in the book)
- Art
- Joe Kubert
- Colours
- Helen Vesik
Reprint history
- First print
-
All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #37 (October-November 1947) — The Injustice Society of the World! Chapter 2
- Also printed
-
100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-17 (June 1973) — Injustice Society of the World (Chapter 2)
-
Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973 series) #30 ([August 1977?]) — The Injustice Society of the World [Chapter 2]
33Featuring
- Feature
- Flash
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bob Kanigher (credited to someone else in the book)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- John Belfi (not credited in the book)
- Colours
- Helen Vesik
Reprint history
- First print
-
All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #37 (October-November 1947) — The Injustice Society of the World! Chapter 3
- Also printed
-
100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-17 (June 1973) — Injustice Society of the World (Chapter 3)
-
Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973 series) #30 ([August 1977?]) — The Injustice Society of the World [Chapter 3]
34Featuring
- Feature
- Green Lantern
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bob Kanigher (credited to someone else in the book)
- Art
- Alex Toth
- Colours
- Helen Vesik
Reprint history
- First print
-
All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #37 (October-November 1947) — The Injustice Society of the World! Chapter 4
- Also printed
-
100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-17 (June 1973) — Injustice Society of the World (Chapter 4)
-
Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973 series) #30 ([August 1977?]) — The Injustice Society of the World [Chapter 4]
35Featuring
- Feature
- Atom
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bob Kanigher (credited to someone else in the book)
- Art
- Alex Toth
- Colours
- Helen Vesik
Reprint history
- First print
-
All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #37 (October-November 1947) — The Injustice Society of the World! Chapter 5
- Also printed
-
100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-17 (June 1973) — Injustice Society of the World (Chapter 5)
-
Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973 series) #30 ([August 1977?]) — The Injustice Society of the World [Chapter 5]
36Featuring
- Feature
- Dr. Mid-Nite
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bob Kanigher (credited to someone else in the book)
- Art
- Alex Toth
- Colours
- Helen Vesik
37Featuring
- Feature
- Justice Society of America
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Bob Kanigher (credited to someone else in the book)
- Pencils
- Irwin Hasen
- Inks
- John Belfi (not credited in the book)
- Colours
- Helen Vesik
Reprint history
- First print
-
All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #37 (October-November 1947) — The Injustice Society of the World! Conclusion
- Also printed
-
100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-17 (June 1973) — Injustice Society of the World (Chapter 7)
-
Giant Superman Album (KG Murray, 1973 series) #30 ([August 1977?]) — The Injustice Society of the World [Conclusion]
38Featuring
- Feature
- Biographies
Credits
- Author
- Mark Waid
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
Biographies of the stories' creators.
39Credits
- Script
- Robert Greenberger
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
Various covers used as illustrations.
Notes
A paperback version with a cover by Jack Kirby was advertised but never released.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.