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DC SUPERHERO
WHITMAN VARIANT CHECKLIST & RESEARCH MATRICES |
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The four types of upper left corner logo designs used by Western Publishing for the DC/Whitman superhero variants are as follows: |
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 Black Circle March 1978 - Nov/Dec 1978 These are likely the least rarest issues of the DC Whitman collection. Available in all but very high grades. |
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 Clear Circle October 1979 - August 1980 These are likely the rarest issues of the DC Whitman collection. Tough to find in any grade, and high grade is not likely. |
 DC Circle November 1979 - June 1980 Matching the Clear Circle for rarity, these were used only for the title "DC Comics Presents". Tough to find in any grade, and high grade is not likely. |
Please be aware that some of the issues listed on this matrices have not been verified by Stl Comics. We are trying to find a scan/picture of each issue in order to prove its existence. We believe that some of these issues may not exist, and are not to be considered part of the DC Whitman Variant Collection. These issues are marked below on the matrices with a green background. There are currently 5 issues on the matrices that are unverified. Also, please note that there are 5 months on the matrices below (June 1978, March-April 1979, April 1980 and July 1980) in which there were apparently no Whitman variants produced of any of the titles. These months have been marked below with a red background. |
Regular Size Issues, Alphabetically by Title:
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Regular Size Issues, Earliest Release Date by Title:
3/78 |
4/78 |
5/78 |
6/78 |
7/78 |
8/78 |
9/78 |
10/78 |
11/78 |
12/78 |
1/79 |
2/79 |
3/79 |
4/79 |
5/79 |
6/79 |
7/79 |
8/79 |
9/79 |
10/79 |
11/79 |
12/79 |
1/80 |
2/80 |
3/80 |
4/80 |
5/80 |
6/80 |
7/80 |
8/80 |
Total Issues per Title Verified Only |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action Comics | 481 |
482 |
483 Black |
485 Black |
486 Black |
487 Black |
488 Black |
489 |
490 Stars |
491 Stars |
495 Stars |
496 Stars |
497 Stars |
499 Stars |
(500) |
501 Clear |
502 Clear |
506 Clear Unverified |
508 Clear |
23 |
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| Superman | 326 Black |
329 Black |
331 Stars |
332 Stars |
335 Stars |
336 Stars |
337 Stars |
338 Stars |
339 Stars |
23 |
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DC Presents |
2 Black |
3 Black |
10 Stars |
11 Stars |
12 Stars |
14 Stars |
15 DC |
16 DC |
19 DC |
22 DC Unverified |
13 |
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| Super Friends | 16 Stars |
20 Stars |
21 Stars |
22 Stars |
23 Stars |
25 Stars |
10 |
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| Brave & the Bold | 143 Black Unverified |
146 Stars |
147 Stars |
150 Stars |
151 Stars |
152 Stars |
153 Stars |
154 Stars |
156 Clear |
157 Clear |
14 |
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| JLA | 160 Black |
161 Black |
166 Stars |
167 Stars |
168 Stars |
169 Stars |
177 Clear Unverified |
178 Clear Unverified |
179 Clear |
13 |
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| LoSH | 244 Black |
246 Stars |
247 Stars |
248 Stars |
251 Stars |
252 Stars |
253 Stars |
254 Stars |
255 Stars |
257 Clear |
264 Clear |
16 |
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| Batman | 308 Stars |
311 Stars |
312 Stars |
313 Stars |
314 Stars |
315 Stars |
318 Clear |
319 Clear |
324 Clear |
326
Clear |
16 |
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| Flash | 274 Stars |
275 Stars |
276 Stars |
283 Clear |
286 Clear |
7 |
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| Wonder Woman | 252 Stars |
255 Stars |
256 Stars |
257 Stars |
258 Stars |
259 Stars |
13 |
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| Green Lantern | 117 Stars |
118 Stars |
119 Stars |
5 |
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| Warlord | 1 |
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| Sgt. Rock | 1 |
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| New Adv. Superboy | 2 Clear |
5 Clear |
8
Clear |
4 |
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Total Issues per Month Verified Only |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
6 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
TOTAL |
Oversize Issues:
3/78 |
4/78 |
5/78 |
6/78 |
7/78 |
8/78 |
9/78 |
10/78 |
11/78 |
12/78 |
1/79 |
2/79 |
3/79 |
4/79 |
5/79 |
6/79 |
7/79 |
8/79 |
9/79 |
10/79 |
11/79 |
12/79 |
1/80 |
2/80 |
3/80 |
4/80 |
5/80 |
6/80 |
7/80 |
8/80 |
Total Issues per Title Verified Only |
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| All-New Coll. Ed. | C-56? estimated release date Black |
1 |
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| Famous 1st Edition | C-61? estimated release date Black |
1 |
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Total Issues per Month Verified Only |
1 |
1 |
TOTAL |
BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
JAMES JOBE / TERRY HALL / ROGER PEREZ / HARRY MILLER
Thanks to Carl De La Cruz and Earl J. Davis for their assistance with this project!
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