Comic Title: Best of DC #42
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: November 1983
On Sale Date: August 4, 1983 Newsstand Date August 4, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #29

Newsstand Date August 2, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #212

Shipping Date July 12, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #212

Copyright Date July 12, 1983
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1983
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date July 26, 1983
Source: Comics Journal, #83

Shipping Date July 12, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #29

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 96
Editor: Nicola Cuti

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Thing from 40,000 A.D."
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Superman #87 (1954)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #65; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #69)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #65; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #69)
• Perry White (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #65; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #69)

Villain(s)

• The Thing from 40,000 A.D. (next appearance in DC Comics Presents #89)

Other Character(s)

• Private Mullins and various army personnel (no further appearances)

Comments:
The Thing reappears in DC Comics Presents #89, which clearly takes place on Earth-1, so this story is being included as part of the Earth-1 Superman’s history.

Synopsis:
A protoplasmic blob that can assume the shape of any living creature arrives in the present from 40,000 A.D. The creature battles Superman while trying to construct a machine to return him to his own time, from which he was exiled. Superman eventually lures the creature to a location where an H-bomb test is being conducted, and the creature is apparently destroyed.