Comic Title: Best of DC #12
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: May 1981
On Sale Date: February 5, 1981 Newsstand Date February 5, 1981
Source: Comic Reader, #188

Copyright Date February 5, 1981
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1981

Newsstand Date February 2, 1981
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 81 #2
Listed as on sale the week of February 2nd

Cover Price: $0.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: Julius Schwartz

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "Planet of the Angels"
Pages: 15

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

Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Murphy Anderson
Letterer: John Costanza

Reprinted From:
Superman #236 (1971)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #109; next appearance in Superman #236)

Villain(s)

• Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael (alien criminals; no further appearances)
• A gang of crooks (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #409; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #95)

Other Character(s)

• Law officers of Beta U (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (an illusion)
• Lois Lane (an illusion)

Synopsis:
After teaming up with Batman to catch a gang of criminals, Superman returns to his Fortress where he begins work on a brain-wave scanner. During a test of the device, Superman suddenly finds himself surrounded by flames and attacked by devils. He easily beats them. He then meets three angels, Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael. They inform him that he has crossed into the afterlife.

The angels enlist Superman to kill the devils. However, Superman suspects something is fishy. When he meets the devils again, he snaps a hypnotic suggestion and sees them as they really are, law officers from an alien world. The angels are criminals. Superman then turns on the angels. One of them tries to attack Earth, but Superman stops him too.