365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 334: November comes in like an explosion and goes out like an explosion

House ad for Justice League of America #139 and DC Super-Stars #12 [Superboy] (both February 1977) printed in World's Finest Comics #243 (February-March 1977)
Comic cover art: JLA #13: pencils and inks by Neal Adams, colors by Anthony Tollin
DC Super-Stars #13: pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson, colors by Tatjana Wood
Ad designed and lettered by Gaspar Saladino

One Night in Rutland: 1977, Part 2

But Rutland Vermont had not seen the end of the Phantom Stranger, finely toned and defined as it was. A few months after his last appearance, the Ghost Who Walks and Who Is Also a Stranger in These Here Parts returned to Rutland to have another spooky Satanic adventure, but this time he's got some help from the bombastic mortally-challenged circus acrobat Deadman! I always felt that Deadman should have his own team-up series, and this could have been the pilot for it. Every issue Deadman would occupy the body of a different DC hero to solve a mystery or stop some fiendish other-wordly plot. Wouldn't you buy that? Especially the issue where he teams up with Wonder Woman and the story would be named after that famous Beatles quote: "Turn Me On, Deadman!"

Splash page of DC Super-Stars #18 (Winter 1978), script by Martin Pasko and Gerry Conway, pencils by Romeo Tanghal, inks by Dick Giordano, colors by Tatjana Wood, letters by Milt Snapinn
Geez, it looks like they statted that "DC Super-Stars" in at the last minute, didn't they? Maybe this was supposed to be Deadman Team-Up. And take note of the scripter and penciller for this titanic tale...there will be a test revelation later.

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 181: It's the Guardians of the Galaxy, but over at DC

House ad for DC Super-Stars #16 [Star Hunters] (September-October 1977) and Star Hunters #1 (October-November 1977), printed in The Superman Family #185 (September-October 1977)

Same Story, Different Cover: Here's your next major crossover event idea, DC

L: DC Super Stars #10 (December 1976), pencils and inks by Ernie Chan, colors by Tatjana Wood, letters by Joe Letterese
R: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #13 (September 1981), pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Dick Giordano
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