| Issue | #[nn] |
| Published | 1976 |
| Cover Price | 10.95 USD |
| Pages | 248 |
| Editing | Denny O'Neil |
| Notes | There is also a softcover edition. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 75-43467. Designed by Thomas Nozkowski. |
| Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Captain Marvel; Wonder Woman; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Superman; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Plastic Man; Batman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Neal Adams (signed) |
| Inks | Neal Adams (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | There is also a softcover edition. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 75-43467. Designed by Thomas Nozkowski. |
| Notes | Initial pages, including blank pages, title pages, dedication (to Sheldon Mayer), and acknowledgments. |
| Notes | Illustrated table of contents, showing the hero's image (taken from the story) and the page number. The third page is blank. |
| Script | Carmine Infantino |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Introduction to these stories, by the Publisher of DC at this time. The second page is blank. |
| Script | Denny O'Neil? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Background and history of Superman. |
| Characters | Superman (intro; brief origin); Krypton (intro; not named) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Joe Shuster |
| Letters | Joe Shuster |
| Editing | Vincent Sullivan (original editor) |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938) |
| Characters | Superman; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White; Krypton |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino (layouts); Curt Swan (pencils) |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz (original Editorial Advisor); E. Nelson Bridwell (original Assistant Editor); Sol Harrison (original editor) |
| Reprinted | from Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition, The (DC, 1973 series) #nn |
| Script | Denny O'Neil? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Background and history of Batman. |
| Characters | Batman (origin); Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Bob Kane (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Kane (signed); Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds, verified by Moldoff) |
| Letters | Sheldon Moldoff (verified by Moldoff) |
| Notes | This book says that this story was reprinted from Detective Comics #33, but this really is the version from Batman #1, which itself reprints first two pages from Detective Comics #33 but substituted the splash from Detective Comics #34. |
| Reprinted | from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #1 (Spring 1940) |
| Characters | Batman (origin); Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Joe Chill (intro by name), the Wayne's murderer (death); Robin; James Gordon; Monty Julep |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Bob Kane (verified by Schwartz) |
| Inks | Charles Paris (verified by Paris) |
| Letters | Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris) |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (original editor) |
| Reprinted | from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #47 (June-July 1948) |
| Script | Denny O'Neil? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Background and history of Wonder Woman. |
| Characters | Wonder Woman (origin); Ares [Mars]; Aphrodite; Hercules (intro); Hippolyte; Amazons; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell (cameo); Mala |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton] |
| Pencils | Harry G. Peter (signed) |
| Inks | Harry G. Peter (signed) |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer (original editor) |
| Notes | Origin: Wonder Woman (in detail; cf. Sensation Comics #1). |
| Reprinted | from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Summer 1942) |
| Characters | Wonder Woman (origin); Nubia (origin); Mars; Hippolyta |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Editing | Robert Kanigher (original editor); Allan Asherman (original editorial assistant) |
| Notes | Writer miscredited as "Gary" Bates as in the original. |
| Reprinted | from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #206 (June-July 1973) |
| Script | Denny O'Neil? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Background and history of both Flashes (Jay Garrick and Barry Allen). |
| Characters | Flash [Jay Garrick] (intro, origin); Joan Williams (intro); Major Williams; Sieur Satan; Serge Orloff; Duriel; the Faultless Four; Professor Hughes |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Harry Lampert |
| Inks | Harry Lampert |
| Letters | Harry Lampert (masthead) |
| Editing | M.C. Gaines (original managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (original assistant editor) |
| Notes | First line is 'But before he became known and feared as "the fastest thing on Earth", Jay Garrick was an unknown student at Midwestern University...' |
| Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |
| Characters | Flash [Barry Allen] (intro; origin); Flash [Jay Garrick] (on a comic book cover); Iris West (intro); The Turtle Man (villain; later The Turtle) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Robert Kanigher |
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
| Inks | Joe Kubert |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz (original editor) |
| Reprinted | from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #4 (September-October 1956) |
| Script | Denny O'Neil? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Background and history of both Green Lanterns (Alan Scott and Hal Jordan). |
| Characters | Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (intro, origin); Jimmy (death); Chang the Lamp Maker (flashback); Billings (flashback); Dekker (villain, death) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] |
| Inks | Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] |
| Letters | Martin Nodell |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer (original editor) |
| Reprinted | from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #16 (July 1940) |
| Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (intro, origin); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (intro, death) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | John Broome |
| Pencils | Gil Kane |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz (original editor) |
| Reprinted | from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #22 (October 1959) |
| Script | Denny O'Neil? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Background and history of both Hawkmans (Carter Hall and Kartar Hol). |
| Characters | Hawkman [Carter Hall] (intro, origin); Shiera Sanders (intro, later Hawkgirl); Hath-Set (intro); Kolar; Doctor Hastor |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Dennis Neville |
| Inks | Dennis Neville |
| Editing | M.C. Gaines (original managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (original assistant editor) |
| Notes | The title here was given in Golden Age Hawkman Archives vol. 1 where this story was also reprinted. First line is "In the weapon-lined library of Carter Hall, wealthy collector of weapons and research scientist -". |
| Reprinted | from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 (January 1940) |
| Characters | Hawkman [Katar Hol] (intro, origin); Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal] (intro, origin); Byth (intro, villain); Commissioner Emmett (intro); Mavis Trent (intro) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Joe Kubert |
| Inks | Joe Kubert |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz (original editor) |
| Notes | Story is really 24.67 pages, with a vignette of Hawkman and Hawkgirl from page 8 filling the extra 0.33 page on the last page. |
| Reprinted | from Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #34 (February-March 1961) |
| Script | Denny O'Neil? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Background and history of both Golden Age and Silver Age Green Arrows. |
| Characters | Green Arrow (origin); Speedy (origin); Mr. Harper [Roy's father] (flashback, death); Quoag [Mr. Harper's Indian servant] (death); Dippy Parker; Curator Morgan; Lefty; Louie |
| Synopsis | Archaeologist Oliver Queen is visiting Lost Mesa where he meets Roy Harper, a young boy marooned on Lost Mesa and raised by Quoag, his father's Indian servant. There they are beset upon by thugs searching for a gold mine. After Quoag dies from gun shots, only Oliver and Roy's skills with archery and knowledge of Indian lore save them. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Joe Samachson? |
| Pencils | Cliff Young (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Brodie (signed) |
| Editing | Jack Schiff (original editor) |
| Reprinted | from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #89 (March 1943) |
| Characters | Green Arrow (origin); Speedy; trick arrows (origin) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | France Herron |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds) |
| Editing | Jack Schiff (original managing editor); Mort Weisinger (original story editor); George Kashdan (original story editor) |
| Notes | Story is really 6.67 pages, with a vignette of a bow and a quiver of arrows filling the extra 0.33 page on the last page. |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #256 (January 1959) |
| Script | Denny O'Neil? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Background and history of both Atoms (Al Pratt and Ray Palmer). |
| Characters | Atom [Al Pratt] (intro, origin); Mary James (intro); Joe Morgan (intro) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Bill O'Connor |
| Pencils | Ben Flinton |
| Inks | Leonard Sansone |
| Editing | Sheldon Mayer (original editor) |
| Notes | Inker credit verified by Craig Delich & Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005). |
| Reprinted | from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #19 (October 1940) |
| Characters | The Atom [Ray Palmer] (intro, origin); Jean Loring (intro) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Gil Kane |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz (original editor) |
| Notes | Story is really 9.67 pages, with a vignette of an atom filling the extra 0.33 page on the last page. |
| Reprinted | from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #34 (September-October 1961) |
| Script | Denny O'Neil? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Background and history of Captain Marvel. |
| Characters | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (intro, origin), Shazam (intro), Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (intro), Sterling Morris (intro); radio station WHIZ (intro); Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (intro), Ebenezer Batson (intro, flashback); Phantom Companion |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Bill Parker |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck |
| Inks | C. C. Beck |
| Colors | Bill Parker |
| Editing | Bill Parker (original editor) |
| Reprinted | from Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #2 (February 1940) |
| Script | Denny O'Neil? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Background and history of Plastic Man. |
| Characters | Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian] (intro, origin); Rest-Haven monk; Skizzle Shanks |
| Synopsis | Gangster Eel O'Brian's dip in a vat of acid turns him into the superhero Plastic Man and against the mobsters he used to work with. |
| Genre | Superhero; Humor |
| Script | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
| Letters | Jack Cole |
| Editing | Ed Cronin (original editor) |
| Reprinted | from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941) |
| Notes | Final pages, including a one-sentence biography of Dennis O'Neil and 3 blank pages. |
| Notes | The logo and a one paragraph description of each of the ten heroes in this collection. |