DC Special

DC Special
Cover of DC Special #1 (December 1968). Art by Carmine Infantino.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Quarterly, then bimonthly
Format	Ongoing
Publication date(s)	December 1968–November–December 1971 Spring 1975–August–September 1977
No. of issues	29
Creative team
Written by	List Gerry Conway, Mark Hannerfeld, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s)	List Rich Buckler, John Calnan, Bill Draut, Arvell Jones, Don Newton, Joe Staton
Inker(s)	List Dan Adkins, Tex Blaisdell, Bill Draut, Bob Layton, Joe Rubinstein
Colorist(s)	List Liz Berube, Jerry Serpe, Anthony Tollin
Editor(s)	List Julius Schwartz (#1, 7, 9, 13, 16-17, 20) Murray Boltinoff (#2, 10, 22-25) Mort Weisinger (#3, 8) Joe Orlando (#4, 11, 26, 29) Joe Kubert (#5) Dick Giordano (#6) E. Nelson Bridwell (#12, 14-15, 18-19, 21) Paul Levitz (#27-28)

DC Special was a comic book anthology series published by DC Comics originally from 1968 to 1971; it resumed publication from 1975 to 1977. For the most part, DC Special was a theme-based reprint title, mostly focusing on stories from DC's Golden Age; at the end of its run it published a few original stories.

DC Special began publication with an issue focusing on the work of artist Carmine Infantino and cover dated October–December 1968. Some of the themes the title covered were special issues devoted to individual artists such as Infantino and Joe Kubert, strange sports stories, origins of super-villains, and stories of historical adventurers such as Robin Hood and the Three Musketeers. Issue #4 featured many supernatural characters and was the first appearance of Abel, who later went on (along with his brother Cain) to become a major character in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. The series was cancelled with issue #15 (November–December 1971). It was revived four years later and continued the numbering of the original series.

With DC Special's cancellation following issue #29 (Aug.–Sept. 1977), DC immediately begin publishing the umbrella one-shot title DC Special Series, which lasted until Fall 1981.