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In these “Best Of” style collections, each book reprints stories from non-sequential issues. They are usually organized around some sort of fun theme or specific character.
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All-American Comics 48; Army At War 1; Detective Comics 82; G.I. Combat 87; Military Comics 1; Our Army At War 83, 233, 235; Showcase 57; Star Spangled War Stories 183; Superman 25; Weird War Tales 3 | August 1941 – December 1974 |
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Ebay (Search) | Batman 7, 15, 20, 31, 37, 47, 48, 49; Detective Comics 27, 38, 49, 80; Real Fact Comics 5; Star Spangled Comics 70; World’s Finest Comics 30 | May 1939 – November 1948 |
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23 Spirit Newspaper Sections | September 1940 – October 1949 |
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Action Comics 1-2, 14, 23, 64, 93, 107; Superboy 5; Superman 1, 23, 40, 53, 58, 61; World’s Finest Comics 37 | June 1938 – December 1949 |
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Action Comics 128; Adventure Comics 51, 67, 144; All-American Comics 6, 92; All-Flash 14; All-Star Comics 37; Batman 30; Crack Comics 19; Detective Comics 1, 69; Flash Comics 4, 96; Kid Eternity 3; Modern Comics 67; More Fun Comics 57; Plastic Man 21; Sensation Comics 1; Star Spangled Comics 77; Superman 61; Wonder Woman 13 | March 1937 – January 1950 |
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22 Spirit Newspaper Sections | June 1940 – January 1950 |
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9 Spirit Newspaper Sections | December 1940 – December 1951 |
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Showcase 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 17 | March 1956 – December 1958 |
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Action Comics 151, 242, 252, 254-255; Adventure Comics 210; Showcase 9; Superman 65, 79-80, 96-97, 127 | December 1950 – August 1959 |
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Batman 62, 81, 92, 105, 113, 121, 128; Detective Comics 156, 168, 185, 216, 233, 244, 252, 267; World’s Finest Comics 81 | December 1949 – December 1959 |
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Action Comics 238; Adventure Comics 159, 245, 252-253; All-American Western 121; Batman 81; Blackhawk 109; The Brave and Bold 3; Congo Bill 6; Detective Comics 228; The Fox and the Crow 14; Girls’ Love Stories 27; Our Army at War 87; Phantom Stranger 1; Sensation Comics 107; Showcase 6, 8, 9, 23; Star Spangled Comics 113; Strange Adventures 28; Sugar & Spike 3; Superboy 22; Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 32; Western Comics 78; Wonder Woman 99; World’s Finest Comics 64, 77 | December 1950 – December 1959 |
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Man of Steel 6; Secret Origins Annual 2; Secret Origins 32, 35, 36; Showcase 4 | 1986, 1989, 1988, 1956 |
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Adventure Comics 285 – 299 | June 1961 – August 1962 |
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The Flash 105, 106, 110, 113, 117, 122, 140, 155; Showcase 8 | June 1956 – September 1965 |
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Action Comics 336; Adventure Comics 283, 300; Superboy 89, 104, 157, 205; Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane 33; Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 62 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1968 |
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Action Comics 289; Adventure Comics 294; Superboy 85, 106; Superman 141, 146, 156, 161, 164-165, 169-170; Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane 20, 42; Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 53, 79; World’s Finest Comics 175 | October 1960 – May 1968 |
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Batman 127, 151; Captain Marvel Adventures 66; The Flash 128; Superman 149, 162, 166; Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane 19, 51; Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 57; World’s Finest Comics 172 | October 1946, October 1959, August 1960, November 1961, December 1961, May 1962, July 1963, January 1964, August 1964, December 1967, November 1969 |
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Batman 131, 144, 148, 155, 179, 181, 200, 217; Batman Kellogg’s Special 6; Detective Comics 298, 341, 349, 369, 388, 389, 390, 391 | April 1960 – December 1969 |
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Ebay (Search) | Batman 1, 16, 67-68, 77, 81, 86, 92, 105, 131, 139, 144, 153, 217, 227; Detective Comics 27, 29, 33, 38, 40, 140, 168, 205, 233, 359, 395, 402; World’s Finest Comics 88, 113 | May 1939 – December 1970 |
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Superman 1, 4, 10, 12-13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 30, 45, 53, 62, 76, 78, 88, 129, 139-140, 142-144, 233; Action Comics 1, 398-400; Adventure Comics 128 | June 1938 – May 1971 |
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Action Comics 1; Adventure Comics 256; All-American Comics 16, 19; Batman 47; The Brave And The Bold 34; Detective Comics 33; Flash Comics 1; More Fun Comics 89; Police Comics 1; Showcase 4, 22, 34; WHIZ Comics 2; Wonder Woman 1, 206 | June 1938 – July 1973 |
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Action Comics 211, 429, 436, 461; Superman 280; Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane 17, 24, 45, 56; Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 42, 63, 75, 124; | 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976 |
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Captain Marvel Adventures 18, 22, 34, 46, 59, 79, 82, 100, 125, 130; Captain Marvel, Jr 12, 17, 78, 119; Marvel Family 1-2, 10, 86; Mary Marvel 8, 25; Shazam! 1, 9, 19, 25-26; Whiz Comics 2, 15, 25 | February 1940 – December 1976 |
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Batman 232, 237, 260; The Batman Family 1; DC Super Stars 17; Detective Comics 407, 410, 442, 457, 481 | January 1971 – January 1978 |
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Batman 122, 131, 135, 145, 154, 159, 163, 300; World’s Finest Comics 153; Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane 89 | March 1959 – June 1978 |
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Action Comics 484; DC Comics Presents 14; Superman 233, 247-249, 270-271, 276, 286-287; Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane 106; Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 133 | October 1970 – October 1979 |
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Action Comics 242, 245; Superman 158, 338; Superman Family 194; Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane 21, 76, 78; Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 53, 69; World’s Finest Comics 143; | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1979 |
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The Superman Family 173, 183-194 | October 1975, May 1977 – April 1979 |
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Batman (1940) 1, 4, 63, 73, 74, 110, 159, 163, 251, 321; Batman Kellogg’s Special 2; Brave and the Bold 111; Detective 168, 475, 476; The Joker 3; World’s Finest Comics 61, 88 | 1940 – 1980 |
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Superman 1, 4, 10, 12-13, 17, 19, 23, 30, 38, 45, 62, 78, 88, 129, 164; Action Comics 1, 242, 252, 398-399, 507, 508; Adventure Comics 128, 271; The Amazing World Of Superman, Metropolis Edition 1973 | June 1938 – June 1980 |
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Adventure Comics 216, 253, 271, 280, Superboy 55, 63, 80, 171, 182; New Adventures Of Superboy 13 | 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1981 |
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Batman 12, 35, 48, 109, 348; Bizarro Comics 224; The Brave and The Bold 162; Detective Comics 158, 186, 205, 223, 235, 244; World’s Finest Comics 30; material from Secret Origins TP | 1942 – 1982, 1989, 2001 |
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Action Comics 300, 338, 339, DC Comics Presents Annual 02, Superboy 85, Superman 48, 107, 181, 295, 300, Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane 59, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 86, World’s Finest Comics 166 | 1947, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1976, 1983 |
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Adventure Comics 253, 267; The Brave And The Bold 53-54, 178; DC Comics Presents 85; The Flash 123; Green Lantern 76; Justice League of America 21-22; Mystery In Space 90; Superman 88, 257; World’s Finest Comics 82 | 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1972, 1981, 1985 |
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Action Comics 583; DC Comics Presents 85; Superman Annual 11; Superman 423 | September 1985 – September 1986 |
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Action Comics 584, Batman Annual 11, Batman: The Killing Joke OGN, DC Comics Presents 85, Detective Comics 549-550, Green Lantern 188, The Omega Men 26-27, Secret Origins 10, Superman 423, Tales of The Green Lantern Corps Annual 2-3, Superman Annual 11, Vigilante 17-18 | April – September 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 |
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Comic Cavalcade 24; DC Special Series 1; Flash Comics 1, 66, 86; The Flash 107, 113, 119, 124-125; 137; 143; 148; 179; The Flash (1987) 2; Showcase 4 | January 1940 – July 1987 |
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Action 241; Forever People 1; Superboy 68; Suprman (1939) Annual 11, 4, 13, 30, 53, 123, 125, 129, 132, 145, 149, 162, 247; Superman (1987) 2; | 1940 – 1987 |
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Ebay (Search) | Batman (1940) Annual 11, 1, 62, 76, 169, 190, 197, 257, 345-346, 355; Detective 58, 203, 473, 568 | 1940 – 1987 |
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Detective Comics 359, 396, 400, 422, 423, 424; Batman Family 1, 9; Legends Of The DC Universe 10-11; Batman Chronicles 9 | January 1967 – December 1998 |
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Ebay (Search) | Batman 321, 348, 384; Batman Special 1; DC Sampler 3; Detective Comics 500, 518-519, 571; The New Titans 55 | March 1980 – June 1989 |
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Ebay (Search) | Action Comics 507-508, 554, 595, 600, 644; Adventures of Superman 430; DC Comics Presents 29; Superman 408 | May 1980 – August 1989 |
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Ebay (Search) | Omega Men 3, 10, 20, Justice League International 18, 19, 21, L.E.G.I.O.N. ’89 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, L.E.G.I.O.N. ’91 13, 16, 17, 18, Mister Miracle 13, 14, Superman 41, Adventures of Superman 464 | June 1983 – August 1990, 1991 |
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Ebay (Search) | Batman Annual 14, Batman 179; Detective Comics 66, 68, 140, 377; Secret Origins Special 1 | 1942, 1946, 1948, 1966, 1968, 1989, 1990 |
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Ebay (Search) | Detective Comics Annual 7, Action Comics Annual 6, Steel Annual 1, Legends of the Dark Knight Annual 4 | 1994 |
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Swamp Thing Annual 05; Hellblazer 27; Sandman Midnight Theatre 1995 OGN; Original Content | Annual 1989 – July 1995 |
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Adventures in the DC Universe 15; Captain Marvel Adventures 1, 137, 148; DC Comics Presents Annual 3; L.E.G.I.O.N. 31; The Power of SHAZAM 33; Shazam! 1, 14; Superman 276; WHIZ Comics 2 | 1940, 1941, 1952, 1953, 1973, 1974, 1984, 1991, 1997, 1998 |
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Ebay (Search) | Adventure 82, Captain Marvel Adventures 69, Christmas With the Super-Heroes 2, DC Special 21, DCU Holiday Bash 1-3, House of Mystery 191, Sensation Mystery Comics 14, Teen Titans 13 | January – February 1943, February 1947, February 1968, April 1971, April 1980, Holiday 1989, January 1997-1999 |
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Ebay (Search) | Detective Comics 339, 482; The Flash 127, 151; Hawkman 16; Shazam 9; Strange Adventures 201; The Super Friends 30; Superboy 76; Superman 138; Wonder Woman 170 | 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1999 |
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Ebay (Search) | Adventure Comics 257, 304, 312, 354, 355; Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant 2; Legion of Super-Heroes 300, 0; The Legion 3; Superboy 212 | April 1958 – February 2002 |
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Ebay (Search) | One-shot movie adaptation, Detective Comics 757, Batman 604, Legends of the Dark Knight 168 | August 2002 (Batman 604) |
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Ebay (Search) | Batman 1, 197, 210, 392; Batman: Gotham Adventures 4; Catwoman 54; Catwoman Secret Files and Origins 1; Detective Comics 203; Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane 70-71 | Spring 1940 – November 2002 |
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Ebay (Search) | Superman 199, Flash 175, World’s Finest 198, DC Comics Presents 1-2 | August 1967 – July 2002 |
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Ebay (Search) | Batman (1940) 5, 62, 156, 250-251; Gotham Knights 32; Legends of the Dark Knight 79; DC Special 15, 21; Detective 33, 439, 574 | Batman 1941 -1973, 1974, 1987, 1996, 2002 |
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Ebay (Search) | Batman (1940) 1, 108, 153, 246; Batman Chronicles 5, 21, 184; Detective 526; Secret Origins 6 | 1940-1972, March 1982, May 1983, September 1986, Summer 1996, Summer 2000 |
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Ebay (Search) | Catwoman: The Movie, Catwoman (1993) 0, Catwoman (2002) 11, 25 | 2004, October 1994, November 2002, January 2004 |
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Ebay (Search) | Superman (1939) 30, 132, 141, 167, 233, 400, Vol. 2 2, Adventures of Superman 500, 638 | September 1944 – October 1984, 1993, 2005 |
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Batman & Superman: World | 1952, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2006 |
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Batman 428, 442, Legends of the Dark Knight 100, Nightwing 101, Robin 126, 132, Teen Titans 29 | 1988 – 2005 |
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Ebay (Search) | Action Comics 428, 434; Birds of Prey 88; Detective Comics 549-550; Green Arrow (1988) 75, 101; Green Arrow (2001) 4-5, 12, 21; Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters 1; Green Lantern 94-95; The Joker 4; Justice League Of America 75 | November 1969 – January 2006 |
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Animal Man 16; Detective Comics 350; Gotham Central 40; JSA 43-44; Metal Men 45; Mysterious Suspense 1; Rip Hunter: Time Master 6; Secret Origins 35; Strange Adventures 226; Superman: The Man Of Steel 97 | January 1962 – April 2006 |
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Superman Returns: The Official Movie Adaptation; Amazing World Of Superman: Metropolis Edition 1; Superman Secret Files and Origins 2005; Superman 185; Adventures of Superman 575; Action Comics 810 | 1973, February 2000 – August 2006 |
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Ebay (Search) | Batman 65, 86, 112-113, 134, 156, 162; Detective Comics 215, 235, 247, 267; World’s Finest Comics 89 | June 1951 – March 1964 |
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