Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	April 1982
Cover Price	1.25
Pages	148
Editing	Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting ed)

Cover Details

Pencils	George Perez
Inks	Dick Giordano

19 page Batman story "To Kill a Legend"

Genre	superhero
Script	Alex Brennert
Pencils	Dick Giordano
Inks	Dick Giordano
Colors	Adrienne Roy
Letters	John Costanza
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #500 (March 1981)

10 page Captain Marvel story "Sivana's Nobel!"

Genre	superhero
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils	Don Newton
Inks	Dan Adkins
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	John Costanza
Reprinted	from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #273 (November 1981)

11 page Sgt. Rock story "The Dummy"

Genre	war
Script	Bob Kanigher
Pencils	Frank Redondo
Inks	Frank Redondo
Colors	Bob Le Rose
Reprinted	from Sgt. Rock (DC, 1977 series) #349 (February 1981)

23 page New Teen Titans story "A Day in the Lives..."

Genre	superhero
Script	Marv Wolfman
Pencils	George Perez
Inks	Romeo Tanghal
Colors	Tom Ziuko
Letters	Ben Oda
Reprinted	from New Teen Titans, The (DC, 1980 series) #8 (June 1981)

8 page story "The Piper at the Gates of Hell"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	J. Marc DeMatteis
Pencils	Dan Spiegle
Inks	Dan Spiegle
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	John Costanza
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #288 (January 1981)

17 page Jonah Hex story "The Haunting"

Genre	western
Script	Mike Fleisher
Pencils	Dick Ayers
Inks	Tony Dezuniga
Colors	Bob Le Rose
Letters	Shelly Leferman
Reprinted	from Jonah Hex (DC, 1977 series) #53 (October 1981)

25 page Green Lantern Corps story "Triumph!"

Script	Len Wein; Mike Barr (plot)
Pencils	Joe Staton
Inks	Frank McLaughlin
Colors	Tony Tollin
Letters	Ben Oda
Reprinted	from Tales of the Green Lantern Corps (DC, 1981 series) #3 (July 1981)

8 page Crimson Avenger story "Whatever Happened to the Crimson Avenger?"

Characters	Stripesy; Green Arrow [Earth-2]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Speedy [Earth-2]; Star-Spangled Kid; Shining Knight (all as the Seven Soldiers of Victory, all flashback); Crimson Avenger (death); Nebula-Man (flashback); Elongated Man (flashback); Dr. Fate (flashback); Power Girl (flashback); pirates (villains)
Genre	superhero
Script	Len Wein
Pencils	Alex Saviuk
Inks	Dennis Jensen
Colors	Gene D'Angelo
Letters	John Costanza
Notes	Death of the Crimson Avenger
Reprinted	from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #38 (October 1981)

6 page Tales of Gotham City story "The Pursuit of Joy"

Genre	superhero
Script	Mike Barr
Pencils	Dan Spiegle
Inks	Dan Spiegle
Colors	Tom Ziuko
Letters	Ben Oda
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #507 (October 1981)

17 page Superman story "The Dying Day of Lois and Lana!"

Characters	Superman; Phantom Zone; Lex Luthor (villain); Jax-Ur (villain); General Zod (villain); Faora Hu-Ul (villain); Lana Lang; Professor Lewis Lang; Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Josh Coyle; Fortress of Solitude
Genre	superhero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Frank Chiaramonte
Colors	Gene D'Angelo
Letters	Todd Klein
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #363 (September 1981)

1 page text article "Choosin the Year's Best"

Script	E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Letters	typeset