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DC Comics Presents 48

DC COMICS PRESENTS #48

Cover Date: August 1982
Cover Price: $0.60

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane (Signed)
Inks: Frank Giacoia (signed)


Story: "Eight Arms of Conquest!" (17 Pages)

Credits:

PlotLen Wein
StoryPaul Levitz
ArtMurphy Anderson
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsJerry Serpe
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #281; next in Justice League of America #204)
Aquaman (last in Action Comics #530/2; next in Justice League of America #203)

Supporting Character(s):

Jenet Klyburn (last in Superman Vol. 1 #355; next in New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #36)
Topo (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Alien octopi (first appearance; also in flashback; an alien race resembling an Earth octopus)

Other Character(s):

Pierre Marché (first appearance; a researcher at S.T.A.R. Labs)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
S.T.A.R. Labs (Marine Biology Center)
Unidentified Space Sector
Unidentified planet (in flashback)


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Second Story: "Whatever Happened to the Black Pirate and Son?" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRoy Thomas
ArtAlfredo Alcala
LetteringAlfredo Alcala
ColorsCarl Gafford
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate (Jon Valor; last in All-Star Squadron #55; also in flashback to five years earlier; next in flashback in Starman Vol. 2 #31)
Justin Valor (last in All-Star Squadron #55; also in flashback to five years earlier; next in flashback in Starman Vol. 2 #31)

Supporting Character(s):

Donna Bonita Valor

Villain(s):

Roderick
Spanish sailors (in flashback to five years earlier)

Other Character(s):

Sanso (first appearance; one of the Black Pirate's crew
the King of England

Location(s):

England
a Dutch port

Comment(s):

Story is set in the 16th Century.


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