The Best of DC Digest No. 48 Cover by Bender & Giordano
The digests were DC’s reprint program during a time when the full-sized comics declared they were about “The New DC.” DC had great reprints integrated into their regular comics going back decades, but after the DC Implosion they were very much about regaining ground and market share. So it’s understandable that they wanted to keep the old separated from the new.
The digests were a lot of fun and were a great way for readers to take some deep dives into the DC back catalogue. This issue with a Howard Bender and Dick Giordano cover comes from almost the end of the digests with the classic hero lineup only a year before it would all be changed by Crisis on Infinite Earths. DC would never be as fun again.
As published.
Original art scan from Heritage Auctions.
Art made production ready with missing bits drawn in.
Art made production ready.
New colour.
Re-created trade dress added.
New colour.
Full wraparound cover.
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