Comic Title: Best of DC #8
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1980
On Sale Date: August 14, 1980 Newsstand Date August 14, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #45

Copyright Date August 14, 1980
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1980

Newsstand Date August 12, 1980
Source: Comic Reader, #182

Newsstand Date August 11, 1980
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 80 #23
Listed as on sale the week of August 11th

Shipping Date July 22, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #45

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: Julius Schwartz

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Five Other Identities of Superman"
Pages: 14

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Artist: Al Plastino

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #314 (1964)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #50; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #78)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jor-El (in flashback; last appearance in Adventure Comics #313; next appearance in Adventure Comics #323)
• Lara (in flashback; last appearance in Adventure Comics #313; next appearance in Superman #172)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Justice League of America (last appearance in Justice League of America #28; next appearance in Teen Titans #53)
• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #142; next appearance in Detective Comics #329)
• Flash (last appearance in Justice League of America #28; next appearance in Flash #146)
• Atom (last appearance in Justice League of America #28; next appearance in Atom #14)
• Green Arrow (last appearance in Justice League of America #28; next appearance in Teen Titans #53)
• Aquaman (last appearance in Aquaman #16; next appearance in Teen Titans #53)
• Topo (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #133; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #78)

Other Character(s)

• Zhan-Zar (a Kryptonian scientist; appears in flashback; no further appearances)
• Citizens of planet Xann, Valair, Ntann, Saruun, and Gangor (no appearance)

Synopsis:
The Justice League contacts Superman after Aquaman finds a tape created by Jor-El in the ocean. The tape explains how Jor-El selected Earth as the destination for Kal-El's rocket. A computer simulation showed a prediction of Kal-El's life on several worlds from which Jor-El selected Earth. Ironically, on the other planets, Kal-El would have grown up to resemble Justice League members Atom, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Batman, and the Flash.