Format Ongoing Publisher DC Comics | Number of issues 29 | |
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Schedule Quarterly, then bimonthly Publication date December 1968–November–December 1971
Spring 1975–August–September 1977 Writer(s) List
Gerry Conway, Mark Hannerfeld, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis Penciller(s) List
Rich Buckler, John Calnan, Bill Draut, Arvell Jones, Don Newton, Joe Staton Similar DC Special Series, DC Comics Presents, Adventure Comics, DC Super Stars, Showcase | ||
DC Special was a comic book anthology series published by DC Comics originally from 1968 to 1971; it resumed publication from 1975 to 1977. For the most part, DC Special was a theme-based reprint title, mostly focusing on stories from DC's Golden Age; at the end of its run it published a few original stories.
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Publication history
DC Special began publication with an issue focusing on the work of artist Carmine Infantino and cover dated October–December 1968. Some of the themes the title covered were special issues devoted to individual artists such as Infantino and Joe Kubert, strange sports stories, origins of super-villains, and stories of historical adventurers such as Robin Hood and the Three Musketeers. Issue #4 featured many supernatural characters and was the first appearance of Abel, who later went on (along with his brother Cain) to become a major character in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. The series was cancelled with issue #15 (November–December 1971). It was revived four years later and continued the numbering of the original series.
With DC Special's cancellation following issue #29 (Aug.–Sept. 1977), DC immediately begin publishing the umbrella one-shot title DC Special Series, which lasted until Fall 1981.