DC Special Series No. 1 Cover by Neal Adams
DC Special Series was a catch-all for the one-off specials DC released over the following years, beginning with Five-Star Super-Hero Spectacular in 1977. The series spanned comics, tabloids and digests, and the Special Series was likely done to reduce the number of US postal permits DC had to apply for. A paperwork hassle to be sure. But the Special Series is well-remembered by Bronze Age DC readers for some truly great comics.
DC tapped Neal Adams as the cover artist for this issue, and it gets the re-design and re-colour treatment by me here.
As published.
Print from Neal Adams, found on the web.
Art made production ready.
New colour version.
Updated trade dress added.
Unpublished Cover by Dick Dillin & Dick Giordano
After the Adams-covered issue, DC proposed a couple of years later to release an ongoing Five-Star Super-Hero Spectacular Dollar Comic with the lineup below. That didn’t happen, and the features developed for it went to other comics like World’s Finest and Adventure.
Original art scan from Heritage Auctions.
Art made production ready.
Colour version.
Updated trade dress added.
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