STL COMICS - DC Superhero Whitman Variant Checklist by Date and Upper Left Corner Features

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DC SUPERHERO
WHITMAN VARIANT
CHECKLIST & RESEARCH MATRICES

The four types of upper left corner logo designs used by Western Publishing for the DC/Whitman superhero variants are as follows:
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.	Star Circle December 1978 - Sept/Oct 1979 While somewhat rare, these issues can be found. Most likely availble in most grades except very high.	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.
There are 165 issues that are verified
(163 regular size issues & 2 oversize issues).

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:

	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
Action Comics	481 Black	482 Black	483 Black		485 Black	486 Black	487 Black	488 Black	489 Black	490 Stars	491 Stars	492 Stars			495 Stars	496 Stars	497 Stars	498 Stars	499 Stars	(500) 100 page issue No Whitman Variant	501 Clear	502 Clear	503 Clear	504 Clear	505 Clear	506 Clear Unverified	507 Clear	508 Clear			23
Batman										306 Black	307 Stars	308 Stars			311 Stars	312 Stars	313 Stars	314 Stars	315 Stars	316 Stars	317 Clear	318 Clear	319 Clear	320 Clear			323 Clear	324 Clear		326 Clear	16
Brave & the Bold							143 Black Unverified			145 Black	146 Stars	147 Stars			150 Stars	151 Stars	152 Stars	153 Stars	154 Stars	155 Stars	156 Clear	157 Clear	158 Clear	159 Clear						165 Clear	14
DC Presents					1 Black		2 Black		3 Black	4 Black					9 Stars	10 Stars	11 Stars	12 Stars		14 Stars	15 DC	16 DC			19 DC		21 DC	22 DC Unverified			13
Flash										268 Black					273 Stars	274 Stars	275 Stars	276 Stars		278 Stars					283 Clear			286 Clear			8
Green Lantern															116 Stars	117 Stars	118 Stars	119 Stars		121 Stars											5
JLA							158 Black		160 Black	161 Black	162 Stars				166 Stars	167 Stars	168 Stars	169 Stars		171 Stars	172 Clear	173 Clear			176 Clear	177 Clear Unverified	178 Clear Unverified	179 Clear		181 Clear	14
LoSH								244 Black	245 Black	246 Stars	247 Stars	248 Stars			251 Stars	252 Stars	253 Stars	254 Stars	255 Stars	256 Stars	257 Clear	258 Clear			261 Clear		263 Clear	264 Clear		266 Clear	17
New Adv. Superboy																							1 Clear	2 Clear			5 Clear	6 Clear		8 Clear	5
Sgt. Rock																329 Stars															1
Super Friends						13 Black		14 Black		15 Black	16 Stars				20 Stars	21 Stars	22 Stars	23 Stars		25 Stars							32 Stars				10
Superman	321 Black	322 Black	323 Black		325 Black	326 Black	327 Black		329 Black	330 Black	331 Stars	332 Stars			335 Stars	336 Stars	337 Stars	338 Stars	339 Stars	340 Stars	341 Clear	342 Clear	343 Clear	344 Clear	345 Clear			348 Clear		350 Clear	23
Warlord															22 Stars																1
Wonder Woman										250 Black	251 Stars	252 Stars			255 Stars	256 Stars	257 Stars	258 Stars	259 Stars	260 Stars	261 Clear	262 Clear	263 Clear	264 Clear							13
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 ISSUES 163

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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
Action Comics	481 Black	482 Black	483 Black		485 Black	486 Black	487 Black	488 Black	489 Black	490 Stars	491 Stars	492 Stars			495 Stars	496 Stars	497 Stars	498 Stars	499 Stars	(500) 100 page issue No Whitman Variant	501 Clear	502 Clear	503 Clear	504 Clear	505 Clear	506 Clear Unverified	507 Clear	508 Clear			23
Superman	321 Black	322 Black	323 Black		325 Black	326 Black	327 Black		329 Black	330 Black	331 Stars	332 Stars			335 Stars	336 Stars