DC Comics Presents is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 which ran for 97 issues and four Annual s . It featured team-ups between Superman and a wide variety of other characters in the DC Universe . A recurring back-up feature "Whatever Happened to...?" had stories revealing the status of various minor and little-used characters.
6-718: DC Comics Presents debuted with a July/August 1978 cover date and was edited by Julius Schwartz . The series was launched with a team-up of Superman and the Flash by writer Martin Pasko and artist José Luis García-López . The winner of the DC Comics Presents letter column name contest appeared in the Superman/ Hawkman story in issue #11 (July 1979). The "Whatever Happened to...?" backup feature began in issue #25 (Sept. 1980) and would appear in most issues for
12-711: The Masters of the Universe . Ambush Bug made his first appearance in issue #52 (Dec. 1982) and made additional appearances in issues #59 and 81. The Superman/ Challengers of the Unknown tale in issue #84 was drawn by Jack Kirby and Alex Toth . The series also contained the Alan Moore Superman/ Swamp Thing story "The Jungle Line" in DC Comics Presents #85 (Sept. 1985), pencilled by Rick Veitch and inked by Al Williamson . Issue #87 featured
18-576: The Ragman , the Sea Devils , the Silent Knight , and Wildcat . In September and October 2004, the title DC Comics Presents was revived for a series of eight one-shot issues, each a tribute to DC editor Julius Schwartz , who had died the previous February. Each issue featured two stories based on a classic DC Comics cover of the past, reflecting Schwartz's frequent practice of commissioning
24-528: The first appearance and origin of the divergent Kal-El of the Earth Prime reality, who would become known as Superboy-Prime . The last issue is an exception to the team-up format, instead featuring Superman in an "Untold Tale" involving the Phantom Zone by Steve Gerber , following up as the conclusion to Gerber's previous limited series of the same title . In 2004, the title DC Comics Presents
30-514: The next two years until its last installment in issue #48 (Aug. 1982). Issue #26 included an insert introduction story to the then-upcoming New Teen Titans series by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez . Len Wein and Jim Starlin co-created the supervillain Mongul in issue #27 (Nov. 1980) as part of a three-issue storyline. Another insert in issue #41 previewed the "new direction" Wonder Woman . In issue #47, Superman traveled to Eternia and met
36-692: Was revived for eight one-shot issues, each a tribute to Schwartz, who had recently died. Each issue featured two stories based on a classic DC Comics cover of the past, reflecting Schwartz's frequent practice of commissioning a cover concept, then telling the writers to create a story about that cover. In 2010, DC launched a new DC Comics Presents , a line of 100-page reprint issues reprinting stories that have not seen print since their original publication. Writer Mike Tiefenbacher had several proposals for other "Whatever Happened to...?" stories. These included Captain Action , Blackhawk , Genius Jones , Nighthawk ,
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