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The Amazing World of DC Comics#16
Cover: Marshall Rogers
The Amazing World of DC Comics #16
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn a fun, behind-the-scenes look at DC's 1978 Superman movie promotion, The Amazing World of DC Comics #16 features a special contest where fans had a chance to appear in the Smallville scenes of the upcoming film. Written by Mike Gold and illustrated by Curt Swan with inks by Murphy Anderson, the issue captures the excitement of the moment, with Marshall Rogers handling the cover art.
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- Cover date: December 1977; published by DC Comics; mail-order only, not sold on newsstands.
- Physical format: 11 × 8.5 inches, 52 pages, black-and-white interiors with full-color wraparound covers — consistent with the rest of the 17-issue series.
- Wraparound cover art by Marshall Rogers, produced at the very moment Rogers was beginning his celebrated run on Detective Comics with Steve Englehart (issues #471–476, 1977–78).
- Centerspread: a double-page black-and-white illustration of Wonder Woman and the Justice Society of America, penciled by Joe Staton and inked by Bob Layton — the same creative team then drawing the JSA's monthly title All-Star Comics.
- Featured articles include: 'Roots of the Golden Age' by Skip Kirkland; a history of the Freedom Fighters (DC's acquired Quality Comics characters); a Plastic Man piece by Larry Herndon; 'The Silver Age of Comics' by Mike Gold; a feature on the Spectre's tangled continuity; and 'The Great Superman Movie Contest.'
- Also included: Paul Levitz's article 'Dating the All-Stars,' which attempted to establish a chronological framework for Justice Society history — a noteworthy act of in-house continuity scholarship.
- Issue #16 is the second-to-last entry in the regular run; only issue #17 followed before the series concluded in 1978, plus a separate convention Special Edition published in 1976.
- The Amazing World of DC Comics series as a whole was notable for publishing previously unseen artwork and stories, including Jack Kirby material, and for running character-design contests whose winning creations (Nightwind, Crystal Kid, Lamprey) eventually entered DC's Legion of Super-Heroes continuity.
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Reprinted in All-Star Squadron #38 (1984), All-Star Squadron #40 (1984)
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