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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published June 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD; 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Karen Berger

Cover Details

Characters Amethyst; Carnelian
Genre Superhero; Fantasy
Pencils Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inks Ernie Colón (signed)

Cover Details - "35 cent cover"

Characters Amethyst; Carnelian
Genre Superhero; Fantasy
Pencils Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inks Ernie Colón (signed)
Notes DC test marketed a cheaper, 35 cent version in two markets: Austin, Texas and Kansas City, Missouri.

24 page Amethyst story "Cat and Mouse"

Characters Amethyst; Carnelian (intro); Citrina; Granch; Sardonyx; Dark Opal; Taffy; Herb Winston; Marion Winston; Gemworld; Fortress Opal
Genre Superhero; Fantasy
Script Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Pencils Ernie Colón
Inks Ernie Colón
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters John Costanza
Notes Story continued from previous issue, and continues in next issue.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Now They'll Save You Money!"

Characters Superman; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Black Canary; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman; Elongated Man; Wonder Woman; Zatanna Zatara; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Aquaman; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Martian Manhunter; Captain Carrot
Letters ? (Captian Carrot's baloon); typeset
Notes Subscription Ad. Appears on page 24 in this issue.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Stuff Legends are Made of... DC Anniversary Issues"

Letters ?; typeset
Notes House ad for various anniversary issues: Detective Comics #526, Adventure Comics #500, The Legion of Super-Heroes #300, Action Comics #544, and The Brave and the Bold #200. Appears on page 29 in this issue.

1 page Meanwhile... promo (ad from the publisher) "As I write this the new year is but sevent-two hours old."

Script Dick Giordano
Letters typeset
Notes Dick prints a letter from Jeff Gelb, and comments on it, and also mentions the Superman III Movie Special, The Sword of the Atom, and Batman Annual. Appears on page 30 in this issue.

1 page Purple Prose letters page

Characters Amy Winston; Taffy
Letters ? (logo); typeset
Notes Future letter column. In this issue it introduces Amethyst, and the creators behind it. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

7 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes A total of 6 one-page and 2 half-page ads for: Lock 'N' Chase (video game, Mattel Electronics), Bubble Yum (gum, Nabisco), Dungeons & Dragons (card game set, TSR Hobbies), Grit (newspaper, Grit Publishing, 1/2 page), Start Your Own Battle Collection (military patches, Next Day Shipping Company, 1/2 page), Write Right Now! (classified ads including Howard D. Rogofsky/Capitol Comic Company/Robert Bell, S. Schwarz & Co.), Star Wars Jedi Arena (video game, Parker Brothers), and M Network Tron (video games, Mattel). Appear in various places in this issue.