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Cover of DC Comics Presents #85
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DC Comics Presents #85

DC · Series began 1978 · September 1985

Dates

Cover date
September 1985
On sale
June 6, 1985
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #85 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition75¢ cover

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    This edition’s page
  • Newsstand edition75¢ cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0709893121609 · shared with another edition

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  • Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.

    Barcode 0709893121609 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Publisher’s description

DC Comics Presents: Superman and Swamp Thing--"The Jungle Line!” Superman is dying and the only one who may be able to help him is the enigmatic creature of the Green known as Swamp Thing.

Reprinted in

The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (1989), The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (1990), Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore (2003), DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore (2006), Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? The Deluxe Edition (2009), Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (2010), DC Universe by Alan Moore (2012), DC Universe by Alan Moore (2013), Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? The Deluxe Edition (2020 Edition) (2020), DC Heroes & Villains Collection (2021)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.

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