DC Special #16 Values

Publisher: DC, 1975

About DC Special #16

Super-Heroes Battle Super-Gorillas. Stories reprinted from Detective Comics #339, Wonder Woman #170, Flash #127, and Superman #138.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Super-Heroes Battle Super-Gorillas

Pencils: Curt Swan; Carmine Infantino; Carmine Infantino; Ross Andru

Inks: George Klein; Joe Giella; Mike Esposito

Colors: Tatjana Wood

Notes: Cover consists of small reprints of the covers of the issues that the interior stories come from. Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Batman Battles the Living Beast-Bomb!

Characters: Batman

Pages: 15.340

Script: Gardner Fox

Pencils: Carmine Infantino

Inks: Joe Giella

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story in two parts of 5.67 and 9.67 pages.

Title: The Reign of the Super-Gorilla!

Characters: Flash [Barry Allen]; Gorilla Grodd (villain); Boka

Synopsis: For this reprint, the caption for the final panel of the last page has been modified to read "But Grodd did return...several times...to battle both The Flash and Superman. Will he be back again? Watch future issues of DC Magazines to learn the fantastic answer!" The original caption from Flash #127 read "But is Grodd -- behind heavy bars and in a darkened cell to prevent even the sight of him -- really helpless? Perhaps -- but perhaps not! Our advice is -- keep your eye on future issues of this magazine to play safe!" This modified caption was used for later re-printings as well.

Pages: 14.670

Script: John Broome

Pencils: Carmine Infantino

Inks: Joe Giella

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	9	5	6	3	0	0	31
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	9	5	6	3	0	0	31

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