Bronze DC Titles 1970-1980

[drbanner]

Don't hold me to it, but here's what I believe to be the complete list of titles DC produced between 1970 and 1980, including the start and end dates. There are some magazine titles, treasuries, etc.,. included...enjoy! (If anyone bothers to "pretty up" the table, please send it to me and I'll replace the list below...you should be able to cut/paste it into Excel since that's where it came from.)

 

Title/Start Date/End Date

100 Page Super Spectacular 1973 1973

1st Issue Special 1975 1976

Action Comics 1938 present

Adventure Comics 1938 1983

Adventures of Jerry Lewis 1957 1971

All Out War 1-6 1979 1980

All Star Comics 58-74 1976 1978

All-Star Western 1970 1971

Aquaman 1962 1971

Army at War 1 1978 1978

Batman Family (all) 1975 1978

Battle Classics 1 1978 1978

Beowulf 1-6 1975 1976

Best of DC, The 1979 1986

Binky (all) 1970 1977

Binky's Buddies (all) 1969 1970

Black Lightning 1-11 1977 1978

Black Magic 1973 1975

Blackhawk 244-250 1976 1977

Blitzkrieg 1-5 1976 1976

Boy Commandos 1,2 1973 1973

Brave and the Bold, The 1955 1983

Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (not sure exactly what this is, it was in the database but not the guide? I think it might be some super rare, small print run book.) 1978 1978

Captain Action 1968 1979

Challengers of the Unknown 15-cent thru last issue 1958 1970

Champion Sports 1-3 1973 1974

Claw the Unconquered 1-12 1975 1978

Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love, The 1971 1972

Date with Debbi 1-18 1969 1972

DC Comics Presents 1-10, 26 1978 1986

DC Special (all) 1968 1971

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest 1980 1982

DC Special Series 1-16 1977 1981

DC Super-Stars (all) 1976 1978

Debbi's Dates (all) 1969 1970

Demon, The (Kirby, all) 1972 1974

Doom Patrol, The (121 thru 124) 1973 1973

Doorway to Nightmare 1-5 1978 1978

Dynamic Classics 1 1978 1978

Falling In Love 1955 1973

Firestorm the Nuclear Man 1978 1978

First Issue Special 1975 1976

Flash Spectacular 1978 1978

Flash, The 1959 1985

Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion 1972 1974

Forever People, The 1971 1972

Four Star Battle Tales 1-5 1973 1973

Four Star Spectacular 1976 1977

Freedom Fighters 1976 1978

From Beyond the Unknown 1969 1973

G. I. Combat 15-cent covers thru last 40-cent issue 1957 1987

G. I. War Tales 1-4 1973 1973

Ghosts 1971 1982

Girls' Love Stories 1949 1973

Girls' Romances 1950 1973

Green Lantern 1976 1986

Green Lantern 1960 1972

Heart Throbs 1957 1972

Hercules Unbound 1975 1977

Hot Wheels 1970 1971

House of Mystery 1951 1983

House of Secrets 1969 1978

Inferior Five 1972 1972

Isis 1976 1978

Johnny Thunder 1973 1973

Joker, The 1975 1976

Jonah Hex 1977 1985

Justice League of America 1960 1987

Justice, Inc. 1975 1975

Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth! 1972 1978

Karate Kid 1976 1978

Kobra 1976 1977

Kong the Untamed 1975 1976

Korak, Son of Tarzan 1972 1974

Leave it to Binky 1968 1970

Legion of Super Heroes 1973 1973

Legion of Super-Heroes, The 1980 1984

Love Stories 1972 1973

Man-Bat 1975 1976

Men of War 1-26 1977 1980

Metal Men 1973 1978

Metal Men 1963 1970

Mister Miracle 1971 1978

Mystery In Space 1980 1981

New Gods, The 1971 1972

OMAC 1974 1975

Our Army At War 15-cent covers thru 301 (last issue) 1952 1977

Our Fighting Forces 15-cent covers thru 181 (last issue) 1954 1978

Phantom Stranger, The 1969 1976

Plastic Man 1976 1977

Plop! 1973 1976

Prez 1973 1974

Ragman 1976 1977

Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter 1975 1977

Rima, the Jungle Girl 1974 1975

Sandman, The 1974 1975

Secret Hearts 1949 1971

Secret Origins 1973 1974

Secret Society of Super-Villains 1976 1977

Secrets of Haunted House 1975 1982

Secrets of Sinister House 1972 1974

Sgt. Rock 302-336 1977 1988

Shade, the Changing Man 1977 1978

Shadow, The 1973 1974

Shazam! 1973 1978

Sherlock Holmes 1975 1975

Showcase 1956 1970

Sinister House of Secret Love, The 1971 1972

Stalker 1975 1975

Star Hunters 1977 1978

Star Spangled War Stories 15-cent covers thru 204 (last issue) 1952 1977

Starfire 1976 1977

Steel, the Indestructible Man 1978 1978

Strange Adventures 1950 1973

Strange Sports Stories 1973 1974

Sugar & Spike 1956 1971

Super DC Giant 1970 1971

Super Friends 1976 1981

Superboy 1949 1977

Supergirl 1972 1974

Super-Heroes Battle Super-Gorillas 1976 1976

Superman 1939 1986

Superman Family 1974 1982

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane 1958 1974

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 1954 1974

Super-Team Family 1975 1978

Swamp Thing 1972 1976

Swing With Scooter 1966 1971

Sword of Sorcery 1973 1973

Tales of Ghost Castle 1975 1975

Tarzan 1972 1977

Tarzan Digest 1972 1972

Tarzan Family, The 1975 1976

Teen Titans 1976 1978

Three Mouseketeers 1970 1971

Time Warp 1979 1980

Tomahawk 1950 1972

Trigger Twins 1973 1973

Unexpected, The 1968 1982

Unknown Soldier 205-235 1977 1982

Untold Legend of the Batman, The 1980 1980

Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains 1972 1973

Warlord 1976 1988

Weird Mystery Tales 1972 1975

Weird War Tales 1971 1983

Weird Western Tales 1972 1980

Weird Worlds 1972 1974

Welcome Back, Kotter 1976 1978

Witching Hour 1969 1978

Wonder Woman 1942 1986

World of Krypton 1979 1979

World's Finest Comics 1941 1986

Young Love 1963 1977

Young Romance 1963 1975

 

 

 

[dblanchard-migration]

Thanks for the list, Dr. B. Having put something similar together myself, I can appreciate how much work went into it (and thanks even more for the Marvel list you also did, since I hadn't put one of those together yet).

 

Anybody who might want to use this list for research should note that not all of these runs are continuous; for instance, METAL MEN was revived very briefly in 1973 as a reprint title; then revived again with all-new contents in 1977-1978.:

 

There's at least one title completely missing from the list (which goes into my own personal Hall of Shame as the all-time worst single issue of a comic book DC has ever published -- and yeah, I know, that's saying a lot!):

 

LARRY HARMON'S LAUREL & HARDY, 1972

 

 

Depending on how you catalog it (under annuals, or as a separate title), there was also SUPERBOY SPECTACULAR, 1980, one of the first (if not the very first) titles sold directly to the comics shops (mainstream titles, anyway; underground comix kind of have their own separately-maintained history)

 

 

DC also revived a number of titles in the late 1970s which the list does not indicate, such as:

 

AQUAMAN, 1977-78

CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN, 1977-78

NEW GODS, 1977-78

 

 

Also, CAPTAIN ACTION ran till 1969, not 1979

 

Dave Blanchard

[drbanner]

Thanks for the updates - I noticed that I had some personal notes in my list that don't really belong, but I can't edit the post any longer! I'll have to do a QA check on it against my original/unaltered list as there may be other omissions and/or corrections needed.

 

Yeah, that Laurel and Hardy one-shot was a fairly hot book a couple of years ago during the initial Bronze surge (pre-CGC), but has cooled off since - a CGC-graded 9.2 didn't even break $35 last week. Like many previously-considered-to-be-scarce books, ebay has shown them not to be so scarce after all.

[Polyphemus]

Does anyone have Man Bat 1,2 in High Grade they want to sell me?

[greggy]

ebay has shown them not to be so scarce after all.

 

The problem with that book is that it was one of the books in one of the DC sealed packs. Someone a few years ago started selling lots of that pack. He must have had a case of that particular pack, as the market was flooded. I have a nice pack that that issue looks at least 9.8 in the pack!

[bronze]

Actually DC 100 Page Super Spectacular started in 1971 with #4(Does anyone know why 1-3 never were?)In 1972,the 100 page issues were sporadically folded within certain characters mag sequences(ex. Batman #238 was also DC-8) Then,in late '72, the numbering reverted just to "DC" type beginning with #14(Batman) and ending with #22(Flash).A planned #23 never materialized,presumably because DC was getting ready to convert a fair number of major titles to ongoing 100 page issues.A few started out,still at the 50 cent price before economic realities once again took hold and the price was bumped up by a dime.When that happened,the books morphed into "100 Pages for only 60 cents",continuing publication until early 1975.

 

Just thought you'd like to know.

 

 

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"Next time you get a clogged drain,try vinegar and baking soda!"

 

[Zonker]

It's always been clear to me that Shazam #8 was intended as Super-Spec #23 for a couple of reasons. First, because it was all-reprint like the preceeding Super-Specs but unlike later ones, which had 20 pages of new material in addition to the reprints. Second, the letters page title is the same as the preceeding ones ("A Look through the Super-Spectacles" or something like that).

 

In a recent fanzine, perhaps CBM or Comic Book Artist, someone wrote an article attempting to explain the strange numbering of the Super-Spectaculars, the Limited Collectors Editions, and the Super DC Giants. I'll see if I can dig it out and post a summary later.

 

Cheers,

Z.

[Zonker]

OK, just spent a most-enjoyable half-hour thumbing through my Comic Book Marketplace magazines ( man, that was a fun book when Gary Carter was doing it!). Way back in #69, July 1999, a fellow by the name of John McClure had an article on all the DC Giants. His thesis is that the 100 Page Super-Spectaculars started as DC-4 because this was "Volume 4" in DC's experiments in Giant-Size books.

 

John believes:

Volume 1 was the original 80-Page Giants

Volume 2 was the subsequent 68-Page Giants

Volume 3 was the "Super DC Giant" Series, which began with S-13. John believes this was some sort of reverse-code for Volume 3, Number 1.

Volume 4 would be the 100-Page Super-Specs

 

Then, when DC introduced the Treasury books, they started with the Rudolph one-shot, which could be thought of as Vol 1 Number 1. Then the first Treasury with an issue number is denoted by DC as C-21, which John de-codes as Vol 2, Number 1.

 

It may seem that John is reaching here, but it makes about as much sense as any other explanation for why first issues pop up with notations like DC-4, S-13, C-21.

 

My only suggestion is that John McClure's split between Vol 1 and 2 is unlikely. I would imagine either:

 

Volume 1 is the 80-Page Giant series in its own title (#1-#15) and Volume 2 is everything (80-Page, 68-Page, 52-Page) that continued on in the numbering of the regular series titles; or

 

Volume 1 is the collection of pre-80-Page Giant #1 one-shots (e.g. Superman Annuals 1- 8, Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales, the original Secret Origins book from 1961, etc.) and Volume 2 is the collection of 80-68-52-Page Giants, both in its own series and later contained in the numbering of its host series).

 

Whew!

Z.

 

[NativeNewYorker]

DrBanner,

 

Cancelled Comic Cavalcade is listed under promotional comics.

 

Ted