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DC COMICS PRESENTS #27

Cover Date: November 1980
Cover Price: $0.50

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Starlin (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood

Story: "The Key That Unlocked Chaos!" (17 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Len Wein
Pencils	Jim Starlin
Inks	Dick Giordano, Frank McLaughlin
Lettering	Todd Klein
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #266)

Martian Manhunter (last in Justice League of America #178; next in JLA: Incarnations #3; also in brief flashback)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Family #206/5; next in Superman Vol. 1 #355)

Lois Lane (last in Superman Family #206/4; next in Superman Vol. 1 #355)

Steve Lombard (last in Superman Family #206/5; next in Superman Vol. 1 #356)

Villain(s):

Mongul (first appearance; last in flashback in issue 28)

Other Character(s):

the Warzoon (first appearance; a hostile alien race; in flashback; extinct)

the Largas (first appearance; a peaceful alien race; in flashback; extinct)

Cameo Appearance(s):

two Green Martians (in flashback; unidentified)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth:

Metropolis

Unidentified Space Sector(s)

New Mars

Cygnus V (first appearance)

Warworld (first appearance; also in flashback)

Comment(s):

Story continues next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: DC Comics Presents: The Superman Team-Ups #2 ([September] 2013)

Superman vs. Mongul (2013 [February 2014])

The DC Universe by Len Wein ([April] 2019)

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Second Story: "Whatever Happened to Congorilla?" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bob Rozakis
Pencils	Romeo Tanghal
Inks	Frank Chiaramonte
Lettering	Gaspar Saladino
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Congorilla (Congo Bill; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #86; next in Action Comics #552)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu (last in Adventure Comics #283/2; next in Swamp Thing Annual Vol. 2 #3)

Mose

Okantu

Villain(s):

Banaka - the Silver Gorilla God (Fred Cantrell; first appearance; a con artist posing as a Gorilla God)

K'Bani (first appearance; Cantrell's assistant, a witch doctor)

Other Character(s):

Workers at Congo Bill's unnamed company

Cameo Appearance(s):

Chief Kawolo (in flashback)

Location(s):

Africa

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