Unofficial DC Special Series #1 (5-Star Super-Hero Spectacular) Index

DC SPECIAL SERIES #1
(5-STAR SUPER-HERO SPECTACULAR)

Cover Date: September 1977
Cover Price: $1.00

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Cover Credits:
Art: Neal Adams (signed)

Story: "How to Prevent a Flash" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Cary Bates
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Frank McLaughlin
Colors	Anthony Tollin
Editing	Paul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Flash (Barry Allen; last in Flash Vol. 1 #253; next in World's Finest Comics #246)

Supporting Character(s):

Patty Spivot (first appearance; next in issue #11)

Other Character(s):

Officer Barnes (see Comment)

Location(s):

Central City

Comment(s):

The majority of the story takes place in a possible chain of events envisioned in super-speed by Barry Allen.

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Second Story: "He Who Slaughters!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Dennis O'Neil
Art	Joe Staton
Colors	Liz Berube
Editing	Paul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Superman Vol. 1 #314; next in World's Finest Comics #246)

Supporting Character(s):

Guardians of the Universe (last in DC Super-Stars #14; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #96)

Green Lantern Corps

Chaselon (last/next in ???)

Katma Tui (last in Superman Vol. 1 #247; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #96)

Medphyll (in between Green Lantern Vol. 2 #56 and #96)

Stel (last in Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #3/2; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #127)

Tomar-Re (miscolored; last in Superman #257/2; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #127)

Villain(s):

Unnamed alien (first appearance; dies)

Other Character(s):

Unnamed alien elder (first appearance; dies)

Location(s):

Space Sector 0

Oa

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Third Story: "A King Without a Sea!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gerry Conway
Art	Dick Dillin, Jack Abel
Colors	Bob LeRose
Lettering	John Costanza
Editing	Paul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (Arthur Curry; last in Aquaman #57; next in World's Finest Comics #246)

Villain(s):

Sunburst (Omar Pairut; first appearance)

Location(s):

Bakushi, Iran

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Fourth Story: "The Telephone Tangle" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Steve Stiles
Inks	Bob McLeod
Colors	Liz Berube
Editing	Paul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Atom II (Ray Palmer; last in Justice League of America #143; next in World's Finest Comics #247; uses the Time Pool to travel to May 10th, 1876)

Supporting Character(s):

Professor Hyatt (last in Action Comics #442/2; next in Justice League of America #157)

Villain(s):

Elisha Grey (first appearance; tries to attack Bell and destroy his telephone)

Other Character(s):

Alexander G. Bell (in 1876)

Thomas Watson (in 1876)

President Ulysses Grant (in 1876)

Location(s):

Ivy University

Philadelphia, PA (in May, 1876)

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Fifth Story: "The Dead on Arrival Conspiracy" (17 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Martin Pasko
Pencils	Michael Netzer
Inks	Joe Rubinstein
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Lettering	Ben Oda
Editing	Paul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Batman (Bruce Wayne; last in Justice League of America #146; next in Brave and the Bold #137)

Supporting Character(s):

Alfred Pennyworth (last in Batman Vol. 1 #290; next in Batman Family #13)

Jason Burr (last in Kobra #7; dies)

Melissa McNeil (last in Kobra #7; last appearance)

Villain(s):

Kobra (last in Kobra #7; next in Aquaman #58)

Kobra Cult

Location(s):

Gotham City

Wayne Foundation

Swiss Alps

Comment(s):

This story was to originally appear in Kobra #8 before that comic was cancelled.

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