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DC Comics Presents... was a comic book published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 (97 issues plus 4 annuals) featuring team-ups between Superman and a wide variety of other characters of the DC Universe. (The final issue is an exception, instead featuring Superman in an "Untold Tale" involving the Phantom Zone, by Steve Gerber, following up in his limited series of the same title.)

In addition to the feature stories, the series also included a semi-regular back-up series called "Whatever Happened to..." which featured stories revealing the status of various minor and little-used characters.

In addition, issue #26 included an insert previewing the upcoming New Teen Titans series by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. Another insert in issue #41 previewed the "new direction" Wonder Woman. In #47, Superman traveled to Eternia and met He-Man. It is also notable that DCCP #87 featured the first appearance and, in a back-up story, origin of the divergent Kal-El of the Earth Prime reality, who would become known as Superboy-Prime; this Superboy would play a role in the final issues of Crisis on Infinite Earths, and two decades later was corrupted into a villain and central figure of Infinite Crisis.

In 2004, the title DC Comics Presents was revived for a series of eight one-shot issues, each a tribute to DC editor supreme Julius Schwartz who had recently passed on. Each issue featured two stories based on a classic DC Comics cover of the past, reflecting Schwartz's frequent practice of commissioning a cover concept, then telling the writers to create a story around that cover.

Characters featured in Superman team-ups

Characters featured in "Whatever Happened To..." back-up series

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A comic book is a magazine or book containing sequential art in the form of a narrative. Comic books are often called comics for short. Although the term implies otherwise, the subject matter in comic books is not necessarily humorous, and in fact it is often serious and
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DC Comics

Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
Founded 1934, by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (as National Allied Publications)
Headquarters 1700 Broadway, New York City, New York

Key people Paul Levitz (President and Publisher)
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1940s  1950s  1960s  - 1970s -  1980s  1990s  2000s
1975 1976 1977 - 1978 - 1979 1980 1981

Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1950s  1960s  1970s  - 1980s -  1990s  2000s  2010s
1983 1984 1985 - 1986 - 1987 1988 1989

Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI
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An annual publication, more often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. For example, a weekly or monthly publication may produce an Annual featuring similar materials to the regular publication.
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DC Universe (DCU) is the fictional shared universe where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place. The fictional characters Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are well-known superheroes from this universe.
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The Phantom Zone is a fictional prison dimension featured in the Superman comic books and related media. It was frequently used in the Superman comics before the continuity was rebooted in the 1980s, after Crisis on Infinite Earths, and has appeared occasionally since.
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Steve Gerber

Birth name Stephen Ross Gerber
Born September 20 1947 (1947--) (age 60)
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Schedule Monthly
Format Ongoing
Publication dates (vol. 1): 1966 - 1976
(vol. 2): 1996 - 1998
(vol. 3): 2003 -
Number of issues (vol. 1): 53
(vol. 2): 24
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Marv Wolfman

Wolfman at the 1982 Comic-Con
Birth name Marvin A. Wolfman
Born May 13 1946 (1946--) (age 61)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York


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George Pérez

Born May 9 1954 (1954--) (age 53)
New York City, New York

Nationality American
Area(s) Penciller, Inker, Writer


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    Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. Two strong women, his wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston and Olive Byrne, a mutual lover,[1] served as exemplars for the character and greatly influenced her creation.
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    Eternia

    Eternia from space
    Statistics

    Notable locations Dark Hemisphere
    Snake Mountain
    Dunes of Doom
    Point Dread
    Plain of Perpetua
    Light Hemisphere
    Palace of Eternia
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    He-Man ("The Most Powerful Man in the Universe") is a heroic fictional character in the toy series Masters of the Universe ("MOTU") and the various spin-off products and media related to it.
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    Earth Prime (or Earth-Prime) is a term sometimes used in works of speculative fiction involving parallel universes or a multiverse, and refers either to the universe containing "our" Earth, or to a parallel world with a bare minimum of divergence points from Earth as we know
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    Crisis on Infinite Earths was a 12-issue American comic book limited series (identified as a "12-part maxi-series") and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 to simplify their then-55-year-old continuity.
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    Infinite Crisis was a seven-issue limited series of comic books published by DC Comics, beginning in October of 2005. It was written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Ivan Reis, and Jerry Ordway.
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    Julius Schwartz

    Julius Schwartz, editor for DC Comics
    Born May 19 1915(1915--)
    Bronx, New York
    Died January 8 2004 (aged 90)

    Nationality American
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    First appearance
    Gardner Fox
    Harry Lampert

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    The Flash is a name shared by several fictional comic book superheroes from the DC Comics universe.
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    Adam Strange is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky, he first appeared in Showcase #17 (November 1958).
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    Metal Men are a team of robot superheroes created by writer Robert Kanigher, pencilled by Ross Andru and inked by Mike Esposito for DC Comics in 1962. They made their first appearance in Showcase
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    Aquaman is a fictional character, superhero in DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in More Fun Comics # 73 (November 1941).
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    First appearance
    Bill Finger
    Martin Nodell

    Characters
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    Green Lantern Corps
    List of Green Lanterns


    Green Lantern
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    Red Tornado is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Universe.

    Publication history

    The Silver Age Red Tornado's first appearance was in Justice League of America #64 (August 1968), written by Gardner Fox. He is an android created by the supervillain T. O.
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    The Swamp Thing is a fictional character created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson for DC Comics, and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy comic book series of the same name.
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      Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. Two strong women, his wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston and Olive Byrne, a mutual lover,[1] served as exemplars for the character and greatly influenced her creation.
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      Sgt. Frank Rock is a DC Comics character who has been the most prominent war comics character in the company's history. The character was an infantry non-commissioned officer in the United States Army in World War II.

      Overview

      Sgt. Rock first appeared in G.I.
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      First appearance
      Gardner Fox
      Dennis Neville

      Characters
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