Comic Title: Best of DC #19
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1981
On Sale Date: September 10, 1981 Newsstand Date September 10, 1981
Source: Comic Reader, #194

Newsstand Date September 10, 1981
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #58

Newsstand Date September 10, 1981
Source: Amazing Heroes, #4

Newsstand Date September 10, 1981
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 81 #14

Copyright Date August 18, 1981
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1981
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date August 16, 1981
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #58

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

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Amazing Story of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue"
Pages: 24

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

Writer: Leo Dorfman
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein

Reprinted From:
Superman #162 (1963)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (imaginary appearance)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (imaginary appearance)
• Jimmy Olsen (imaginary appearance)
• Perry White (imaginary appearance)
• Lana Lang (imaginary appearance)
• Lucy Lane (imaginary appearance)
• Lori Lemaris (imaginary appearance)
• Krypto (imaginary appearance)

Villain(s)

• Brainiac (imaginary appearance)
• Lex Luthor (imaginary appearance)
• Mr. Mxyzptlk (imaginary appearance)
• Jax-Ur (imaginary appearance)
• The Phantom Zone criminals (imaginary appearance)
• Superman Revenge Squad (imaginary appearance)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Supergirl (imaginary appearance)
• Superman Emergency Squad (imaginary appearance)
• Comet (imaginary appearance)
• Lena Thorul (imaginary appearance)
• Legion of Super-Heroes (imaginary appearance)
• Cosmic Boy (imaginary appearance)
• Saturn Girl (imaginary appearance)
• Sun Boy (imaginary appearance)
• Bouncing Boy (imaginary appearance)

Other Character(s)

• Citizens of Kandor and Atlantis (imaginary appearance)
• Various criminals, soldiers, Khruschev, and Fidel Castro (imaginary appearance)
• The children of Clark and Lana (imaginary appearance)
• The children of Kal-El and Lois (imaginary appearance)

Comments:
Chap. 1: "The Titanic Twins"
Chap. 2: "The Anti-Evil Ray"
Chap. 3: "The End of Superman’s Career"

This story is an imaginary story. The events depicted are not part of regular continuity.

Superman is divided into two beings in this story, Superman-Red and Superman-Blue.

Synopsis:
Superman is confronted by the people of Kandor for his failures. He vows to solve his unaccomplished tasks or give up being Superman. To do so Superman experiments on himself and succeeds in dividing himself into two separate beings, Superman-Red and Superman-Blue, each with mental capabilities a hundred times greater than before.

The two Superman use their brain power to develop a way to rebuild Krypton using all the Kryptonite in the universe. Then they restore Kandor to regular size to colonize the planet. The Supermen then build a world for the citizens of Atlantis and transport them there.

Next Superman-Red and Superman-Blue create an anti-evil ray which changes all the worlds criminals into upstanding citizens. Lex Luthor develops a serum to cure disease, and Supergirl takes the reformed Phantom Zone criminals to live on New Krypton permanently.

With crime eradicated, Superman-Red and Superman-Blue decide to retire and marry the girls they love. Superman-Blue marries Lana and stays on Earth, while Superman-Red marries Lois, taking her to New Krypton to live. Jimmy Olsen also marries Lucy Lane.