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Format
  
Ongoing

Publisher
  
DC Comics

Number of issues
  
27

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Publication date
  
September 1977–Fall 1981

Writer(s)
  
List Cary Bates, Gerry Conway, Arnold Drake, Bob Haney, Robert Kanigher, George Kashdan, Paul Levitz, Dennis O'Neil, Martin Pasko, Roy Thomas, Len Wein, Carl Wessler

Artist(s)
  
List Jim Aparo, Fred Carrillo, Ernie Chan, E. R. Cruz, Bill Draut, Sam Glanzman, Jorge Moliterni, Alex Niño, Marshall Rogers, Tom Sutton

Penciller(s)
  
List Ross Andru, Dick Ayers, John Calnan, José Delbo, Dick Dillin, Steve Ditko, Ric Estrada, José Luis García-López, Michael Golden, Russ Heath, Arvell Jones, Frank Miller, Michael Netzer, Don Newton, Irv Novick, Art Saaf, Kurt Schaffenberger, Joe Staton, Curt Swan

Similar
  
DC Special, DC Super Stars, Limited Collectors' Edition, Secrets of Haunted House, DC Comics Presents

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DC Special Series was an umbrella title for one-shots and special issues published by DC Comics between 1977 and 1981. Each issue featured a different character and was often in a different format than the issue before it. DC Special Series was published in four different formats: Dollar Comics, 48 page giants, digests, and treasury editions. Neither the umbrella title nor the numbering system appear on the cover; the title "DC Special Series" appeared only on the first page in the indicia. Most issues featured new material, but eight issues were reprints of previously published material.

Contents

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Publication history

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DC Special Series was preceded by the theme-based reprint title DC Special, which ceased publication the month before DC Special Series debuted. The first issue included "The Dead on Arrival Conspiracy", a Batman vs. Kobra story by Martin Pasko, Michael Netzer (Nasser), and Joe Rubinstein originally scheduled for the unpublished Kobra #8. DC Special Series #1 also included the story, "How to Prevent a Flash", which introduces Patty Spivot. That character would later appear in season two of The Flash TV series, portrayed by actress Shantel VanSanten.

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DC Special Series started out as a biweekly title in 1977 until Spring 1978, when it became quarterly. The series went on hiatus after the Fall 1978 issue and was revived in Summer 1979. Two stories originally scheduled to appear in DC Special Series were split apart and published in other titles due to the DC Implosion.

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The final three issues were in the oversized treasury format. Issue #25 was a tie-in to the Superman II film and #26 featured "Secrets of Superman's Fortress" by Roy Thomas, Ross Andru, and Romeo Tanghal. The last issue was a DC-Marvel crossover between Batman and the Hulk.

Collected editions

  • Secret Society of Super Villains Vol. 2 includes DC Special Series #6, 328 pages, May 2012, ISBN 978-1401231101
  • The Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told includes "Beyond the Super-Speed Barrier" from DC Special Series #11, 208 pages, August 2007, ISBN 978-1401213725
  • Legends of the Dark Knight - Marshall Rogers includes "Death Strikes at Midnight and Three" from DC Special Series #15, 496 pages, November 2011, ISBN 978-1401232276
  • The Complete Frank Miller Batman includes "Wanted: Santa Claus -- Dead or Alive!" from DC Special Series #21, 312 pages, December 1989, Longmeadow Press, ISBN 978-0681409699
  • Superman: The Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude includes DC Special Series #26, 200 pages, May 2012, ISBN 978-1401234232
  • The Marvel/DC Collection: Crossover Classics Volume 1 includes DC Special Series #27, 320 pages, June 1997, ISBN 978-0871358585
  • References

    DC Special Series Wikipedia