DC Comics Presents... was a comic book published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 (97 issues plus 4 annuals) featuring team-ups between Superman and a wide variery of other characters of the DC Universe. (The final issue is an exception, instead featuring Superman in an "Untold Tale" involving the Phantom Zone.) A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An annual publication, more often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. ... Superman is a fictional character and superhero of DC Comics who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938 and is considered the first character to embody the particular combination of traits that characterize the modern superhero. ... The DC Universe (DCU) is the fictional shared setting where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place. ... The Phantom Zone is a fictional dimension in the Superman comic books used predominantly before the DC Comics shared universe retcon with Crisis on Infinite Earths in the 1980s. ...

In addition to the feature stories, the series also included a semi-regular back-up series called "What Ever Happened to..." which featured stories revealing the status of various minor and little used characters.

In addition, issue #26 included an insert previewing the upcoming New Teen Titans series by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. Another insert in issue #41 previewed the "new direction" Wonder Woman. Teen Titans redirects here. ... Cover to Crisis on Infinite Earths #1, which was written by Wolfman. ... George Pérez (born June 9, 1954 in The Bronx, New York) is a Puerto Rican-American illustrator and writer of comic books. ... Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superhero. ...

In 2004, the title DC Comics Presents was revived for a series of eight one-shot issues, each a tribute to DC editor supreme Julius Schwartz who had recently passed on. Each issue featured two stories based on a classic DC Comics cover of the past. (Schwartz would often come up with a cover concept, then tell the writers to create a story around that cover.) Julius Schwartz, editor for DC Comics Julius Julie Schwartz (June 19, 1915 - February 8, 2004) was a comic book and pulp magazine editor, and a science fiction agent and prominent fan. ...

Characters featured in Superman team-ups

• The Flash (issues #1, 2, 38, 73)
• Adam Strange (issues #3, 82)
• The Metal Men (issue #4, 70)
• Aquaman (issues #5, 48)
• Green Lantern (issues #6, 26)
• Red Tornado (issue #7)
• Swamp Thing (issues #8, 85)
• Wonder Woman (issues #9, 32, 76)
• Sgt. Rock (issue #10)
• Hawkman (issues #11, 74, 95)
• Mister Miracle (issue #12)
• The Legion of Super-Heroes (issues #13, 43, 80)
• Superboy (issue #14)
• The Atom (issues #15, 51)
• Black Lightning (issue #16)
• Firestorm (issues #17, 45, 90)
• Zatanna (issue #18)
• Batgirl (issue #19)
• Green Arrow (issues #20, 54)
• The Elongated Man (issues #21, 58)
• Captain Comet (issues #22, 91)
• Doctor Fate (issue #23)
• Deadman (issue #24)
• The Phantom Stranger (issues #25, 72)
• The Martian Manhunter (issue #27)
• Supergirl (issues #28, 86)
• The Spectre (issue #29)
• Black Canary (issue #30)
• Robin (issues #31, 58)
• Captain Marvel (issues #33, 49 and Annual #3)
• The Marvel Family (issue #34)
• Man-Bat (issue #35)
• Starman (issue #36)
• Hawkgirl (issue #37)
• Plastic Man (issue #39)
• Metamorpho (issue #40)
• The Joker (issues #41, 72)
• The Unknown Solider (issue #42)
• The Dial H for Hero team (issue #44)
• The Global Guardians (issue #46)
• He-Man (issue #47)
• Clark Kent (issues #50, 79)
• The Doom Patrol (issue #52)
• Cain of the House of Mystery (issue #53)
• Air Wave (issue #55)
• Power Girl (issue #56)
• The Atomic Knight (issue #57)
• The Legion of Substitute Heroes (issue #59)
• The Guardians of the Universe (issue #60)
• OMAC (issue #61)
• The Freedom Fighters (issue #62)
• Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (issue #63)
• Kamandi (issue #64)
• Madame Xanadu (issue #65)
• The Demon (issue #66)
• Santa Claus (issue #67)
• The Vixen (issue #68)
• Blackhawk (issue #69)
• Bizarro (issue #71)
• Arion (issue #75)
• The Forgotten Heroes (issues #77, 78)
• Ambush Bug (issue #81)
• Batman and the Outsiders (issue #83)
• The Challengers of the Unknown (issue #84)
• The Earth-Prime Superboy (issue #87)
• The Creeper (issue #88)
• The Omega Men (issue #89)
• Captain Atom (issue #90)
• The Vigilante (issue #92)
• The Elastic Four (a one-time unofficial "team" made up of Plastic Man, the Elongated Man, Jimmy Olsen in his Elastic Lad identity and the Malleable Man, really the villain of the story) (issue #93)
• Harbinger (issue #94)
• Lady Quark (issue #94)
• Pariah (issue #94)
• Blue Devil (issue #96)
• The Golden Age Superman (Annual #1)
• Superwoman (Annual #2, 4)

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Characters featured in "Whatever Happened To..." back-up series

• The Golden Age Hourman (issue #25)
• Sargon the Sorcerer (issue #26)
• Congorilla (issue #27)
• The Western Johnny Thunder and Madame .44 (issue #28)
• The Golden Age Dr. Mid-Nite (issue #29)
• The Golden Age Atom (issue #30)
• The Golden Age Robotman (issue #31)
• Mark Merlin and Prince Ra-Man (issue #32)
• Star Hawkins (issue #33)
• Rex the Wonder Dog (issue #35)
• Rip Hunter (issue #37)
• The Crimson Avenger (issue #38)
• Richard Dragon (issue #39)
• The Golden Age Air-Wave (issue #40)
• The Golden Age Sandman (issue #42)
• Sandy the Golden Boy (issue #47)
• The Black Pirate (issue #48)

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See also

• DC Comics