Great first issue to lead off this series... obviously, Carmine had his choice of characters to include on the cover; why else would he have fit his favorite Detective Chimp on there?
I swear, I've seen the house ad for this book more than any other DC house ad, ever!
It's so funny how DC was trying to play lip service to the Women's Lib movement... and yet, it's "Girls" the super-ladies are referred to as!
Great cover on #4, isn't it?
Issue 5 is another of those great artist-themed issues! I love those!
One of these days, I've got to get a copy of this issue and read this story!
Issue #7 reprinted Strange Sports Stories from the Brave and the Bold issues (and possibly from some of the DC sci-fi books)! Good stuff!
Yes, sometimes DC Special was the Showcase of reprint titles, as the subsequent "Wanted" series spun off from this will attest!
Issue #9 has more Strange Sports Stories, as you can see!
I know I used to have a copy of issue 10 here... but I don't recall it being anything special, to be honest.
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I remember having issue #1 and bitterly regretting that I lost it after reading it only a couple of times. I still feel that way decades later!
ReplyDeleteAnd I also remember getting the last issue, #15, featuring Plastic Man...and being annoyed that it turned out to be a "silly" comedic strip instead of the more "serious" fare I preferred at the time. But in that case I eventually learned better...
I may be the only one, but I love those Strange Sports stories.
ReplyDeleteGlenn, you're definitely not the only one! I'd love to see DC do a TPB collecting all the SSS comics!
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