Comic Title: Best of DC #42
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
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

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

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Creature of 1,000 Disguises"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #234 (1957)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #117; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #91)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #117; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #91)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #117; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #91)

Other Character(s)

• Gollo (an alien youth from Zar with the ability to change shapes; no further appearances)
• Johnny Miles and his mother (no further appearances)
• Citizens of Zar (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A runaway boy, Johnny Miles, meets an alien shape-changer from the the planet Zar. The alien, Gollo, becomes Johnny’s playmate, but he gets seperated from Johnny when Superman finds the boy and takes him home.

Gollo searches Metropolis for Johnny, coming into contact with Superman. The Man of Steel wishes to keep the existance of the creature secret to prevent panic, but he eventually traces it back to Johnny. The boy explains who the creature is, and together with Superman, Johnny locates the creature.

Gollo and Johnny renew their friendship. Superman realizes that Gollo is also a runaway. He takes him home where Gollo is reunited with his family, showing his friends the new shapes he has learned to imitate, including Superman.