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The Best of DC, #2

Published: November-December 1979

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Issue Contents:
40th Anniversary Special!
Credits
The Forties
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The People vs. the Batman
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Alfred, Armchair Detective!
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The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave!
Storyline

An escaped convict on the run accidentally discovers the entrance to the Batcave and learns the secret identities of Batman and Robin, and attacks the dynamic duo using their own weapons and trophies against them.

Credits
Story Notes

Story includes a diagram of the Batcave.

The Fifties
Credits
Story Notes

Top of cover reprint is cut off to accommodate text heading at top of page.

The First Batman
Storyline

Bruce finds out his father was the "first" Batman and later finds the man who paid Joey Chill to shoot his father.

Credits
Story Notes

Retelling of the origin of Batman.

Murder at Mystery Castle
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The Sixties
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Story Notes

30th anniversary cover.

The Cry of Night Is-- "Kill!"
Credits
Story Notes

Original title was "The Cry of the Night Is-- 'Sudden Death!'" Re-write of "Case of the Chemical Syndicate" from Detective Comics #27. The story is relettered with larger text to accommodate the digest pages. Pages #8 and #11 are expanded to full pages. A box announcing a reprint of The Case of the Chemical Syndicate in Detective #387 is removed. A new box describing the difference between the two versions is added. This is the version reprinted in Detective #627, enlarged to standard page size.

The Seventies
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The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!
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"Together in one volume -- the best stories..."

Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.

The Batman -- Forty Years Young
Storyline

Brief overview of Batman's first 40 years in the comics.

Credits
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

"If you enjoyed this classic collection..."

Story Notes

Promo for Batman #318 (on sale September 13, 1979), Detective Comics #486 (on sale September 13, 1979), and The Brave and the Bold #157 (on sale September 27, 1979), with small cover reproductions.

Best of DC No. 2 -- Batman
Story Notes

Inside front cover.