Comic Title: Best of DC #38
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: July 1983
On Sale Date: April 7, 1983 Newsstand Date April 7, 1983
Source: House Ad, Arak/Son of Thunder #23, Page 32

Newsstand Date April 7, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #210

Newsstand Date April 7, 1983
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #77

Shipping Date March 15, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #210

Newsstand Date April 7, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #22

Shipping Date March 15, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #22

Shipping Date March 15, 1983
Source: Comics Journal, #80

Copyright Date March 15, 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 March 15, 1983
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #77

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

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Eliminator"
Pages: 14

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

Writer: Leo Dorfman
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Jack Abel

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #379 (1969)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #96; next appearance in Adventure Comics #383)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #96; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #123)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #189; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #123)
• Perry White (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #189; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #123)

Villain(s)

• Seven alien killers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The Eliminator (an alien lawman from Rhadmanthian; no further appearances)
• Dr. Phantas (a master of the occult; no further appearances)
• Ed Carver, Steven Fallon, Ned Masters, Chip Daley, Mark Durbin and two unnamed reporters (no further appearances)
• Mark Sharpe and Phantas's unnamed assistant (no further appearances)
• Joe Letterman and Chris Swan (no further appearances)

Comments:
Part II:"To Eliminate the Eliminator"

Synopsis:
Clark attends the funeral of Dr. Phantas, a follower of the occult. During the ceremony Clark is cursed after opening the coffin. As a result his reporter friends are doomed to die.

Clark dismisses the curse and writes the story in the Daily Planet. Then several of Clark's colleagues begin to die. Clark becomes a pariah and is shunned by other reporters. He eventually makes a connection that the reporters all shared a plane with him weeks earlier. Clark is then able to deduce the next target.

Superman replaces Mark Durbin and is attacked by a ghostly Dr. Phantas. The spirit is actually an alien lawman known as the Eliminator who has come to Earth seeking seven killers who have exchanged places with reporters. The Eliminator kills the phony Durbin, then releases the real reporters from suspended animation. Superman allows the Eliminator to return home, but disagrees with his methods of justice.