Comic Title: Best of DC #38
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
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

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

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Black Magic of Supergirl"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Leo Dorfman
Artist: Jim Mooney

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #324 (1965)

Feature Character(s)

• Supergirl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #334; next appearance in Action Comics #325)

Supporting Character(s)

• Fred Danvers (last appearance in Action Comics #321; next appearance in Action Comics #335)
• Edna Danvers (last appearance in Action Comics #321; next appearance in Action Comics #326)

Villain(s)

• A bank robber (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #324; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #57)

Other Character(s)

• Abdul (a fakir; no further appearances)
• A professor at Stanhope College, a state governor, an innocent convict on death row, and a surgeon (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While visiting an oriental bazaar, Supergirl meets Abdul, a magician. Abdul is bitten by a serpent. The poison kills him, but before he dies, he reveals that he is a demon. He gives Supergirl a ring that gave him his powers. A scroll that accompanies the ring explains that if the ring's magic is used three times, the user will become a demon.

When Supergirl returns home, she is forced to use the ring three times during emergencies. She soon becomes a demon and unwillingly performs evil acts.

Seeking to break the curse, Supergirl returns to the bazaar. She meets Abdul again, whom she believed was dead. Abdul has no memory of her or his past. Supergirl does find a missing piece of scroll which reveals that fire can cleanse the evil from her. Supergirl bathes in lava and flies through the sun, but neither has any effect. She then locates the Kryptonian firefalls which has been changed to Kryptonite. When she bathes in the falls, the curse is broken. The ring was destroyed by the heat.