The Best of DC #1 is an issue of the series Best of DC (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1979.
Synopsis for "Attack by the Army of Tomorrow!"
This story is reprinted from Superman #265.
Superman and Perry White run afoul of an evil scientist named Calixto and his group of two-thumbed, energy-powered mutants.
Appearing in "Attack by the Army of Tomorrow!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Calixto (Single appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Marlou
- Norm
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Midnight Murder Show!"
This story is reprinted from Action Comics #442.
Superman enacts a desperate plan to save the life of kidnapped TV host Johnny Nevada.
Appearing in "The Midnight Murder Show!"
Featured Characters:
- Superman (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- "Touch" McCoy
Other Characters:
- Johnny Nevada
- Professor Pepperwinkle (First appearance) (Flashback only)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Superman Under the Red Sun!"
This story is reprinted from Action Comics #300.
The Superman Revenge Squad manages to get Superman to strand himself on Earth in the year 1,000,000 A.D. In this apocalyptic future,the sun has turned red and Superman is the last living man on the planet. Due to the red sun, his super powers have disappeared. Superman struggles to reach his fortress of Solitude in an effort to find some way to return to the present. Rivers and oceans have dried up. Cities have been abandoned and humans have evacuated earth due to unlivable conditions. Superman finally reaches his fortress and uses a piece of red kryptonite to shrink himself. This allows him to use a Kandorian rocket to transport himself back to 1963.
Appearing in "Superman Under the Red Sun!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jimmy Olsen
- Jonathan Kent (Flashback only)
- Lana Lang (Flashback only)
- Martha Kent (Flashback only)
- Perry White
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Chief Parker (Flashback only)
Locations:
- Smallville (Flashback only)
- North Pole
Items:
- Balloon Beasts
- Lex Luthor robot
- Lois Lane robot
- Mister Mxyzptlk robot
- Supergirl robot
- Mento Helmet
- Red Kryptonite
Vehicles:
- Kandorian Rocket
- Earth Space Ships
- Superman Revenge Squad Saucer Ship
Synopsis for "The Adventures of Mental Man!"
This story is reprinted from Action Comics #196.
Superman takes on the identity of newspaper comic strip character "Mental-Man" in order to fool and capture a world-wide gold racketeering gang.
Appearing in "The Adventures of Mental Man!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Lois Lane
- Perry White
- Al Fallon (staff artist)
Antagonists:
- Gold racketeering gang
- Inky
Locations:
Synopsis for "Lex Luthor, Hero!"
This story is reprinted from Superman #149.
Appearing in "Lex Luthor, Hero!"
Featured Characters:
- Superman (Dies)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Lex Luthor
- Al Mantz (Single appearance)
- Duke Garner (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Bizarro (Flashback only)
- Sykes (Single appearance)
- Lana Lang
- Krypto
- Lori Lemaris
- Lucy Lane
- Sylvia DeWitt
- Lyle-Zee
- Lili Van-Zee
- Van-Zee
- Robin
- Justice League of America
- Legion of Super-Heroes
Locations:
- Earth-149
- Arctic Circle
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- Luthor's Lair
- Metropolis Chapel
- Metropolis Prison
- United Nations Building
- Earth's Orbit
- Satellite Laboratory
- Krypton (Mentioned only)
- Phantom Zone
Items:
- Atomic Powered Top (Flashback only)
- Duplicator Ray (Flashback only)
- Green Kryptonite Ray
- Lex Luthor's Signal Watch
- Luthor's Lair Hall of Heroes
- Attila statue (Destroyed)
- Al Capone statue (Destroyed)
- Genghis Khan statue (Destroyed)
- Captain Kidd statue (Destroyed)
- Julius Caesar statue
- Phantom Zone Projector
- Kandorian Transfer Ray
Vehicles:
- Getaway Car (Destroyed)
- Satellite Laboratory
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Best of DC series
Recommended Reading
- Superman Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Action Comics (Volume 2)
- Adventures of Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (Volume 1)
- DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 2)
- Superman (Volume 3)
- Superman (Volume 4)
- Superman (Volume 5)
- Superman (Volume 6)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- Superman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Superman: Son of Kal-El (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1)
- Superman/Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
Links and References
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