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Issue Details

Issue #61
Published June 1985
Cover Price 1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages 148
Editing Nicola Cuti

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Pat Broderick
Inks Pat Broderick

23 page Swamp Thing story "The Anatomy Lesson"

Characters Swamp Thing; Floronic Man [Jason Woodrue]; General Avery Carlton Sunderland; Alec Holland (in flashback); Linda Holland (as corpse)
Synopsis General Sunderland hires Jason Woodrue to examine Swamp Thing and determine how Alec Holland became the monster, but Woodrue discovers that Swamp Thing only thinks that he was Alec Holland. When Sunderland fires Woodrue, the scientist allows Swamp Thing to take revenge on Sunderland for the both of them.
Genre horror
Script Alan Moore
Pencils Steve Bissette
Inks John Totleben
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters John Costanza
Reprinted from Saga of Swamp Thing, The (DC, 1982 series) #21 (February 1984)

23 page Superman story "If Superman Didn't Exist..."

Genre superhero
Script Marv Wolfman
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Gil Kane
Colors Tony Tollin
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #554 (April 1984)

15 page Sgt. Rock story "Killers Also Smile"

Genre war
Script Bob Kanigher
Pencils Adrian Gonzales
Inks Adrian Gonzales
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters Adam Kubert
Reprinted from Sgt. Rock (DC, 1977 series) #391 (August 1984)

9 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Guess What's Coming to Dinner?"

Genre superhero
Script Paul Levitz; Keith Giffen (co-plot)
Pencils George Tuska
Inks Larry Mahlstedt
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Adam Kubert
Reprinted from Legion of Super-Heroes, The (DC, 1980 series) #308 (February 1984)

6 page Tales of the Green Lantern Corps story "Final Duties"

Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Gil Kane
Colors Tony Tollin
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Green Lantern (DC, 1976 series) #177 (June 1984)

23 page Blue Devil story "Viva Nebiros!"

Characters Blue Devil; Justice League of America (cameo)
Genre superhero
Script Gary Cohn; Dan Mishkin
Pencils Paris Cullins
Inks Gary Martin
Colors Michele Wolfman
Letters Todd Klein
Reprinted from Blue Devil (DC, 1984 series) #5 (October 1984)

23 page New Teen Titans story "Who is Donna Troy?"

Genre superhero
Script Marv Wolfman; George Perez (co-plot)
Pencils George Perez
Inks Romeo Tanghal
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from New Teen Titans, The (DC, 1980 series) #38 (January 1984)

22 page Atari Force story "Babe's Story"

Characters Hukka; Babe; Morphea; Martin Champion; Dart; Tempest [Chris Champion]; Pakrat; Blackjak; Taz
Synopsis Babe and Hukka help a new friend destroy his enemies before being rescued by the rest of the team.
Genre science fiction
Script Andy Helfer; Gerry Conway (plot)
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Ricardo Villagran
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Bob Lappan
Reprinted from Atari Force (DC, 1984 series) #8 (August 1984)

1 page text article "Digest Forum"

Script Nicola Cuti
Letters typeset