Yes, Superman, there IS a Santa Claus!
DC Comics Presents was a
DC Comics comic book starring
Superman and a series of guest stars in
team-up stories during the
Bronze Age of comics, surviving the mass cancellation of titles known as the "
DC Implosion". The series lasted for 97 issues, a respectable run by modern standards, from 1978 to 1986. It was canceled during DC's first
mass relaunch (after the
Crisis on Infinite Earths) but the
Action Comics series then became the new Superman teamup book for a while.
Notable events from the series:
The
New Teen Titans also launched in this series, but in an insert story where Superman was not involved.
As part of their 2011 relaunch, the series was brought back this time as an anthology series, with each arc featuring a different DC character.
Tropes in DC Comics Present include:
- Death Star: Warworld.
- Depending on the Writer: Most of the stories were OK, but some had Superman acting way out of character ex. in his fight with Martian Manhunter.
- The series had no regular writer or artist, resulting in the style of each issue varying wildly. YMMV on whether that was a good or bad thing.
- The Joy of X (the "Whatever Happened To …" backups)
- The crossover with (the space-based) Starman was basically a wrap-up for his canceled series (in the Anthology series Adventure Comics) -and it featured Mongul too. In fact, given it was drawn by Jim Starlin, it could be considered a homage to Starlin's work on Marvel Comic's Captain Marvel.)
- Plot Tailored to the Party: Given how powerful Superman is, some of the stories had to get very creative to justify his needing other heroes' help or being able to fight him.
- Stand Alone Episode: The original series did not have much continuity between issues. Of course, comics were different back then, and the Story Arc and Decompressed Comics were much rarer.
- Team Up Series: Superman teams up with guest stars.
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