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Fifty Who Made DC Great

Index Fifty Who Made DC Great

Fifty Who Made DC Great is a one-shot published by DC Comics to commemorate the company's 50th anniversary in 1985. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 93 relations: Adventures of Superman (TV series), All Star Comics, All-Star Squadron, Anniversary, Aquaman, Atom (Ray Palmer), Atom Man vs. Superman, Bande dessinée, Batman, Batman (TV series), Brand licensing, Bronze Age of Comic Books, Brooke Shields, Caricature, Carol Bellamy, Chuck Rozanski, Comic book, Cover art, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Curt Swan, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, David L. Wolper, DC Comics, Direct market, Distribution (marketing), Eclipse Comics, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Fan convention, Federal Trade Commission, Filmation, Flash (Barry Allen), Fleischer Studios, Flickr, Gene Simmons, Gene Siskel, German comics, Gloria Steinem, Green Arrow, Hal Jordan, Hanna-Barbera, Hawkman (Katar Hol), Independent News, Infinity, Inc., Jenette Kahn, Jim Henson, Joey Cavalieri, Johnny Quick (Johnny Chambers), Johns Hopkins University Press, Justice League, Justice Society of America, ... Expand index (43 more) »

  2. 1985 in comics
  3. DC Comics one-shots
  4. DC Comics-related lists
  5. Golden jubilees

Adventures of Superman (TV series)

Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created in 1938.

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All Star Comics

All Star Comics is an American comic book series from All-American Publications, one of three companies that merged with National Periodical Publications to form the modern-day DC Comics. Fifty Who Made DC Great and All Star Comics are dC Comics titles.

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All-Star Squadron

The All-Star Squadron is a DC Comics superhero team that debuted in Justice League of America #193 (August 1981) and was created by Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway. Fifty Who Made DC Great and All-Star Squadron are dC Comics titles and Defunct American comics.

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Anniversary

An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event.

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Aquaman

Aquaman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Fifty Who Made DC Great and Aquaman are dC Comics titles.

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Atom (Ray Palmer)

The Atom (Ray Palmer) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Fifty Who Made DC Great and Atom (Ray Palmer) are dC Comics titles.

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Atom Man vs. Superman

Atom Man vs.

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Bande dessinée

Bandes dessinées (singular bande dessinée; literally 'drawn strips'), abbreviated BDs and also referred to as Franco-Belgian comics (BD franco-belge), are comics that are usually originally in French and created for readership in France and Belgium.

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Batman

Batman is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Batman (TV series)

Batman is an American live-action television series based on the DC Comics character of the same name.

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Brand licensing

Brand licensing means renting or leasing of an intangible asset.

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Bronze Age of Comic Books

The Bronze Age of Comic Books is an informal name for a period in the history of American superhero comic books, usually said to run from 1970 to 1985.

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Brooke Shields

Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress.

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Caricature

A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or other artistic drawings (compare to: cartoon).

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Carol Bellamy

Carol Bellamy (born January 14, 1942) is an American nonprofit executive and former politician.

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Chuck Rozanski

Charles M. Rozanski (born March 11, 1955) is a German-American retailer and columnist, known as the President and CEO of the Denver, Colorado-based Mile High Comics Inc., and a former columnist for the Comics Buyer's Guide.

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Comic book

A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.

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Cover art

Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book (often on a dust jacket), magazine, newspaper (tabloid), comic book, video game (box art), music album (album art), CD, videotape, DVD, or podcast.

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Crisis on Infinite Earths

Crisis on Infinite Earths is a 1985 to 1986 American comic book crossover series published by DC Comics. Fifty Who Made DC Great and Crisis on Infinite Earths are 1985 comics debuts.

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Curt Swan

Douglas Curtis Swan (February 17, 1920 – June 17, 1996) was an American comics artist.

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Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician and diplomat.

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David L. Wolper

David Lloyd Wolper (January 11, 1928 – August 10, 2010) was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, and North and South, and the theatrically-released films Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and L.A. Confidential.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Direct market

The direct market is the dominant distribution and retail network for American comic books.

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Distribution (marketing)

Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for the consumer or business user who needs it, and a distributor is a business involved in the distribution stage of the value chain.

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Eclipse Comics

Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Elizabeth Holloway Marston

Sarah Elizabeth Marston (Holloway; February 20, 1893 – March 27, 1993) was an American attorney and psychologist.

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Fan convention

A fan convention (also known as a con or fan meeting) is an event in which fans of a particular topic gather to participate and hold programs and other events, and to meet experts, famous personalities, and each other.

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Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection.

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Filmation

Filmation Associates was an American production company that produced animation and live-action programming for television from 1963 until 1989.

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Flash (Barry Allen)

The Flash (Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Fleischer Studios

Fleischer Studios was an American animation studio founded in 1929 by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, who ran the pioneering company from its inception until its acquisition by Paramount Pictures, the parent company and the distributor of its films.

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Flickr

Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States.

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Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; חיים ויץ; born August 25, 1949) is an American musician.

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Gene Siskel

Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune.

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German comics

German comics are comics written in the German language or by German-speaking creators, for the major comic markets in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with spill-overs into the neighboring, but lesser, comic markets of Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and German-speaking Belgium.

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Gloria Steinem

Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Green Arrow

Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Hal Jordan

Harold "Hal" Jordan, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera was an American animation studio and production company, which was active from 1957 until its absorption into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001.

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Hawkman (Katar Hol)

Hawkman (Katar Hol) is a DC Comics superhero.

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Independent News

Independent News Co. was a magazine and comic book distribution business owned by National Periodical Publications, the parent company of DC Comics.

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Infinity, Inc.

Infinity, Inc. is a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Fifty Who Made DC Great and Infinity, Inc. are dC Comics titles.

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Jenette Kahn

Jenette Kahn (born May 16, 1947) is an American comic book editor and executive.

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Jim Henson

James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, actor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets.

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Joey Cavalieri

Joey Cavalieri is an American writer and editor of comic books.

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Johnny Quick (Johnny Chambers)

Johnny Quick is a Golden Age DC Comics character with the power of superhuman speed.

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Johns Hopkins University Press

Johns Hopkins University Press (also referred to as JHU Press or JHUP) is the publishing division of Johns Hopkins University.

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Justice League

The Justice League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Fifty Who Made DC Great and Justice League are dC Comics titles.

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Justice Society of America

The Justice Society of America (JSA) is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Fifty Who Made DC Great and Justice Society of America are dC Comics titles.

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Kenner Products

Kenner Products, known simply as Kenner, was an American toy company founded in 1946.

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Law of agency

The law of agency is an area of commercial law dealing with a set of contractual, quasi-contractual and non-contractual fiduciary relationships that involve a person, called the agent, who is authorized to act on behalf of another (called the principal) to create legal relations with a third party.

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List of assets owned by Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate based in New York City.

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Milton Glaser

Milton Glaser (June 26, 1929June 26, 2020) was an American graphic designer, recognized for his designs, including the I Love New York logo; a 1966 poster for Bob Dylan; the logos for DC Comics, Stony Brook University, Brooklyn Brewery; and his graphic work on the introduction of the iconic 1969 Olivetti Valentine typewriter.

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Mort Walker

Addison Morton Walker (September 3, 1923 – January 27, 2018) was an American comic strip writer, best known for creating the newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950 and Hi and Lois in 1954.

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Murphy Anderson

Murphy C. Anderson Jr. (July 9, 1926 – October 22, 2015) was an American comics artist, known as one of the premier inkers of his era, who worked for companies such as DC Comics for over fifty years, starting in the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s.

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National Comics Publications

National Comics Publications (NCP; later known as National Periodical Publications Inc. or simply National) was an American comic book publishing company.

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Neal Pozner

Neal Pozner (1955 – June 21, 1994), sometimes credited as Neil Pozner, was an art director, editor, and writer known for his work in the comic book industry.

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One-shot (comics)

In comics, a one-shot is a work composed of a single standalone issue or chapter, contrasting a limited series or ongoing series, which are composed of multiple issues or chapters.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Paul Levitz

Paul Levitz (born October 21, 1956) is an American comic book writer, editor and executive.

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Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time.

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Printer (publishing)

In publishing, printers are both companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses.

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.

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Richard Corben

Richard Corben (November 1, 1940December 2, 2020) was an American illustrator and comic book artist best known for his comics featured in Heavy Metal magazine, especially the Den series which was featured in the magazine's first film adaptation in 1981.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.

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Ronin (DC Comics)

Ronin (formally written as Rōnin) is an American comic book limited series published by DC Comics between 1983 and 1984.

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Roy Thomas

Roy William Thomas Jr."Roy Thomas Checklist" Alter Ego vol.

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Serial film

A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, generally advancing weekly, until the series is completed.

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Sgt. Rock

Sgt. Franklin John Rock is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Fifty Who Made DC Great and Sgt. Rock are Defunct American comics.

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Silver Age of Comic Books

The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and widespread commercial success in mainstream American comic books, predominantly those featuring the superhero archetype.

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Stan Lee

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher and producer.

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Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author.

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Sugar and Spike

Sugar and Spike is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1956 through 1971, named after its main protagonists. Fifty Who Made DC Great and Sugar and Spike are dC Comics titles and Defunct American comics.

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Super Friends

Super Friends is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 1973 to 1985 on ABC as part of its Saturday-morning cartoon lineup. Fifty Who Made DC Great and super Friends are dC Comics titles.

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Super Powers Collection

The Super Powers Collection was a line of action figures based on DC Comics superheroes and supervillains that was created by Kenner Products in the 1980s.

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Supergirl (1984 film)

Supergirl is a 1984 superhero film directed by Jeannot Szwarc from a screenplay by David Odell based on the DC Comics character of the same name.

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Superman

Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Superman (1940s animated film series)

The Fleischer Superman cartoons are a series of seventeen animated superhero short films released in Technicolor by Paramount Pictures and based upon the comic book character Superman, making them his first animated appearance.

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Superman (1978 film series character)

Superman (Kal-El) or Clark Kent is a fictional character portrayed by Christopher Reeve in the Warner Bros. ''Superman'' film series produced by Ilya and Alexander Salkind and Cannon Films, and is an adaptation of the original DC Comics character, Superman.

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Superman (serial)

Superman is a 1948 15-part Columbia Pictures film serial based on the comic book character Superman.

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Susan Stamberg

Susan Stamberg (born September 7, 1938) is an American radio journalist.

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Taschen

Taschen is a luxury art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany.

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Teen Titans

The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. Fifty Who Made DC Great and Teen Titans are dC Comics titles.

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The Adventures of Superman (radio series)

The Adventures of Superman is a long-running radio serial that originally aired from 1940 to 1951 featuring the DC Comics character Superman.

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The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)

The New Adventures of Superman is a series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast Saturday mornings on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 5, 1970.

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TwoMorrows Publishing

TwoMorrows Publishing is a publisher of magazines about comic books, founded in 1994 by John and Pam Morrow out of their small advertising agency in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

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University Press of Mississippi

The University Press of Mississippi (UPM), founded in 1970, is a university press that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi (i.e., Alcorn State University, Delta State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi Valley State University, University of Mississippi, and the University of Southern Mississippi), making it one of the few university presses in the United States to have more than one affiliate university.

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Walter Koenig

Walter Marvin Koenig (born September 14, 1936) is an American actor and screenwriter.

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Whoopi Goldberg

Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality.

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Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is a superheroine created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter in 1941 for DC Comics. Fifty Who Made DC Great and Wonder Woman are dC Comics titles.

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Wonder Woman (TV series)

Wonder Woman, known for seasons 2 and 3 as The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, is an American superhero television series based on the DC Comics comic book superhero of the same name.

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Worldcolor

World Color Press Inc. ("Worldcolor") (formerly Quebecor World) was a company which provided high-value and comprehensive print, digital, and related services to businesses worldwide.

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See also

1985 in comics

DC Comics one-shots

DC Comics-related lists

Golden jubilees

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Who_Made_DC_Great

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