ONE HUNDRED FAVORITE COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED 1978
[During this time period, comic books were published three months in advance of their technical cover date. The cover date was the month by which they were to be taken off of sale. Also, the wording of the story title on the cover may not always match the interior.]
(March 14, 2003 Version, Unranked, Alphabetical)
Batman #300 (DC: June 1978) 'The Last Batman Story'
Batman Family #17 (DC: May 1978) 'Stalk The Night Shrouded Streets...' [Batwoman]
Challengers Of The Unknown #84 (DC: January 1978) [No Title On Cover][Swamp Thing]
Challengers Of The Unknown #85 (DC: March 1978) [No Title On Cover][Swamp Thing]
Challengers Of The Unknown #86 (DC: May 1978) 'The War At Time's End' [Swamp Thing]
Challengers Of The Unknown #87 (DC: July 1978) 'Twelve Million Years To Twilight' [Swamp Thing]
Daredevil #152 (Marvel: May 1978) 'Rage In Central Park'
Daredevil #153 (Marvel: July 1978) 'Death Is The Cobra And Mister Hyde'
Daredevil #154 (Marvel: September 1978) 'Arena Of No Return'
Detective Comics #475 (DC: February 1978) 'The Laughing Fish'
Detective Comics #476 (DC: April 1978) 'The Sign Of The Joker'
Detective Comics #478 (DC: August 1978) 'Clayface Is Back'
Detective Comics #479 (DC: October 1978) 'Clayface And His Touch Of Death'
Doctor Strange #27 (Marvel: February 1978) 'Showdown With Stygyro'
Doctor Strange #28 (Marvel: April 1978) 'Now Slays The In-Betweener'
Doctor Strange #29 (Marvel: June 1978) 'He Who Stalks'
Doctor Strange #30 (Marvel: August 1978) 'A Gathering Of Fear'
Doctor Strange #31 (Marvel: October 1978) [No Title On Cover]
Doctor Strange #32 (Marvel: December 1978) 'Behold: Dream Weaver'
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #100 (DC: January 1978) [One Hundredth Smash Issue]
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #101 (DC: February 1978) [No Title On Cover]
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #102 (DC: March 1978) [No Title On Cover]
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #103 (DC: April 1978) [No Title On Cover]
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #104 (DC: May 1978) 'Proof Of The Peril'
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #105 (DC: June 1978) 'Thunder Doom'
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #106 (DC: July 1978) 'Peril In High Places And Low'
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #107 (DC: August 1978) 'The Man Who Murdered Our Green Lantern'
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #108 (DC: September 1978) 'The Third Identity Of Replicon'
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #109 (DC: October 1978) 'Assault On Replicon'
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #110 (DC: November 1978) 'Brand Of Power'
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #111 (DC: December 1978) [No Title On Cover]
Howard The Duck #20 (Marvel: January 1978) 'Sudd, The Scrubbing Bubble That Walks Like A Man'
Howard The Duck #21 (Marvel: February 1978) 'The Sinister Soofi'
Howard The Duck #22 (Marvel: March 1978) 'May The Farce Be With You'
Howard The Duck #23 (Marvel: April 1978) 'Star Waaugh'
Howard The Duck #24 (Marvel: May 1978) 'The Night After You Saved The Universe'
Howard The Duck #25 (Marvel: June 1978) 'Circus Of Crime'
Howard The Duck #26 (Marvel: July 1978) 'Sudden Death'
Howard The Duck #27 (Marvel: September 1978) 'Circus Maximus'
Howard The Duck #28 (Marvel: November 1978) 'Cooking With Gas'
Justice League Of America #150 (DC: January 1978) 'The Killer Key'
Justice League Of America #154 (DC: May 1978) 'I'll Kill You In Your Dreams' [Green Arrow]
Justice League Of America #157 (DC: August 1978) 'Till Doom Do Us Part' [Green Arrow] [The Wedding Of The Atom And Jean Loring]
Justice League Of America #161 (DC: December 1978) [No Title On Cover][Green Arrow]
Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth #54 (DC: January 1978) 'The Eternity Trap'
Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth #55 (DC: March 1978) 'The Vortex Beast'
Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth #56 (DC: May 1978) 'The Sign Of Three'
Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth #57 (DC: July 1978) 'Behold: Evermore'
Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth #58 (DC: September 1978) [No Title On Cover]
Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth #59 (DC: October 1978) 'Tales From Before And After The Great Disaster'
Machine Man #1 (Marvel: April 1978) [No Title On Cover]
Machine Man #2 (Marvel: May 1978) [No Title On Cover]
Machine Man #3 (Marvel: June 1978) 'Ten-For, The Mean Machine'
Machine Man #4 (Marvel: July 1978) 'Battle On A Busy Street'
Machine Man #5 (Marvel: August 1978) 'Day Of The Non-Hero'
Machine Man #6 (Marvel: September 1978) 'The Outcast Fights For Earth'
Machine Man #7 (Marvel: October 1978) 'With A Nation Against Him'
Machine Man #8 (Marvel: November 1978) 'Escape: Impossible'
Machine Man #9 (Marvel: December 1978) 'In Final Battle'
Marvel Team-Up [Man-Thing] #68 (Marvel: April 1978) 'Dark Swamp, Deep Fear'
Marvel Team-Up [Daredevil] #73 (Marvel: September 1978) 'I Fly In Vengeance' [The Owl]
Marvel Team-Up [Doctor Strange] #76 (Marvel: December 1978) 'Death Cards And Silver Daggers'
Marvel Two-In-One [Man-Thing] #43 (Marvel: September 1978) 'Death In The Everglades'
Our Fighting Forces [The Losers] #177 (DC: February 1978) 'This Loser Must Die' [Johnny Cloud] *
Our Fighting Forces [The Losers] #178 (DC: April 1978) 'Last Drop For The Losers' [Johnny Cloud] *
Our Fighting Forces [The Losers] #179 (DC: June 1978) 'The Last Loser' [Johnny Cloud] *
Our Fighting Forces [The Losers] #180 (DC: August 1978) 'A Hot Seat In A Cold War' [Johnny Cloud] *
Our Fighting Forces [The Losers] #181 (DC: October 1978) 'American Kamikaze' [Johnny Cloud] *
Showcase [Doom Patrol] #100 (DC: May 1978) [Sixty Sensational Super-Stars]
Showcase [Hawkman] #101 (DC: June 1978) 'Mystery In Space' [Adam Strange]
Showcase [Hawkman] #102 (DC: July 1978) 'Strange Adventures' [Adam Strange]
Showcase [Hawkman] #103 (DC: August 1978) 'Adventures On Other Worlds' [Adam Strange]
Superboy And The Legion Of Super-Heroes #240 (DC: June 1978) [No Title On Cover] [Dawnstar Origin: 'Dawnstar Rising'] *
Superboy And The Legion Of Super-Heroes #244 (DC: October 1978) 'The Circle That Crushed The Earth' [Dawnstar] *
The Brave And The Bold [Black Canary] #141 (DC: June 1978) [No Title On Cover]
The Brave And The Bold [Green Arrow] #144 (DC: November 1978) 'The Arrow Of Eternity'
The Eternals #19 (Marvel: January 1978) 'The Pyramid' *
The Fantastic Four #191 (Marvel: February 1978) 'F.F. Resign'
The Fantastic Four #192 (Marvel: March 1978) 'Lo, The Screaming Wind' [Marjorie Running Bear] *
The X-Men #109 (Marvel: February 1978) 'Wanted: Wolverine Dead Or Alive'
The X-Men #110 (Marvel: April 1978) [No Title On Cover]
The X-Men #111 (Marvel: June 1978) 'One Week Engagement'
The X-Men #112 (Marvel: August 1978) 'Magneto Triumphant'
The X-Men #113 (Marvel: September 1978) 'When Falls Magneto'
The X-Men #114 (Marvel: October 1978) 'The Day The X-Men Died'
The X-Men #115 (Marvel: November 1978) 'Enter: Sauron'
The X-Men #116 (Marvel: December 1978) 'To Save The Savage Land'
Turok, Son Of Stone #113 (GK: January 1978) [No Title On Cover] *
Turok, Son Of Stone #114 (GK: March 1978) 'The False Ones' *
Turok, Son Of Stone #115 (GK: May 1978) 'Andar's Honker Friend' *
Turok, Son Of Stone #116 (GK: July 1978) [No Title On Cover] *
Turok, Son Of Stone #117 (GK: September 1978) [No Title On Cover] *
Turok, Son Of Stone #118 (GK: November 1978) [No Title On Cover] *
Weird Western Tales #44 (DC: February 1978) [No Title On Cover][Scalphunter] *
Weird Western Tales #45 (DC: April 1978) 'Bat Lash...' [Scalphunter] *
Weird Western Tales #46 (DC: June 1978) [No Title On Cover][Scalphunter] *
Weird Western Tales #47 (DC: August 1978) [No Title On Cover][Scalphunter] *
Weird Western Tales #48 (DC: October 1978) [No Title On Cover][Scalphunter] *
Weird Western Tales #49 (DC: November 1978) 'The Belle' [Scalphunter] *
Weird Western Tales #50 (DC: December 1978) 'His Long-Lost Sister' [Scalphunter] *
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