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Fifty Who Made DC Great is a one-shot published by DC Comics to commemorate the company's 50th anniversary in 1985. It was published in comic book format but contained text articles with photographs and background caricatures.

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Publication history

As explained by DC's then-President and Publisher Jenette Kahn, the profiles were of "fifty people and companies who have helped make DC Comics great. [W]e have chosen representatives from those who have pioneered new territory and who, by doing so, have shaped our past or our future". The articles were written by Barry Marx, Thomas Hill, and Joey Cavalieri and caricatures were provided by Steven Petruccio. Barry Marx was also the book's editor. Neal Pozner was the design director. The cover art, featuring Clark Kent holding the "DC Bullet", was drawn by Curt Swan, Murphy Anderson, and Arne Starr.[1]

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Celebrity reminiscences

Brief statements made by several prominent individuals were included as "Celebrity Reminiscences". These included comments by Daniel P. Moynihan, Richard Corben, Ray Bradbury, Gloria Steinem, Mort Walker, Milton Glaser, Walter Koenig, Gene Siskel, Stephen King, Gene Simmons, Jim Henson, David L. Wolper, Stan Lee, Susan Stamberg, Roger Ebert, Brooke Shields, Carol Bellamy, and Whoopi Goldberg.

Legacy

Fifty Who Made DC Great has been used as a cited reference source for several books. Among these are the following:

  • The All-Star Companion Volume 1 by Roy Thomas.[5]
  • Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America by Bradford W. Wright.[6]
  • American National Biography: Supplement by Paul R. Betz and Mark Christopher Carnes.[7]
  • Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books by Jean-Paul Gabilliet, Bart Beaty, and Nick Nguyen.[8]
  • 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking by Paul Levitz.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    Marx, Barry, Cavalieri, Joey and Hill, Thomas (w), Petruccio, Steven (a), Marx, Barry (ed). Fifty Who Made DC Great (1985). DC Comics.
  2. [2]
    Kane, Bob; Andrae, Tom (1989). Batman & Me. Forestville, California: Eclipse Books. p. 44. ISBN 1-56060-017-9.
  3. [3]
    "FTC Docket Nos. National Comics/Independent, 7614 Independent, 7611". Washington, D.C.: Federal Trade Commission. June 16, 1995. Archived from the original on June 7, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2011. The Federal Trade Commission has set aside 1960 orders against Warner Publisher Services, Inc. (formerly, Independent News Company, Inc.).
  4. [4]
    Rozanski, Chuck. "Tales From the Database: Evolution of the Direct Market Part II", Mile High Comics (2003).
  5. [5]
    Thomas, Roy (2000). All-Star Companion Volume 1. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 1893905055.
  6. [6]
    Wright, Bradford W. (2003). Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 326. ISBN 0-8018-6514-X. Fifty Who Made DC Great 1985.
  7. [7]
    Betz, Paul R.; Carnes, Mark Christopher (2005). 'American National Biography: Supplement. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 350. ISBN 0-19-522202-4.
  8. [8]
    Gabilliet, Jean-Paul; Beaty, Bart; Nguyen, Nick (2009). Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 325. ISBN 978-1-60473-267-2.
  9. [9]
    Levitz, Paul (2010). 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking. Cologne, Germany: Taschen. p. 718. ISBN 978-3-8365-1981-6.
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