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[[File:DC_Comics_Presents_487.gif|frame|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 [[Crossover|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 [[Retcon|mass relaunch]] (after the [[Crisis
Notable events from the series:
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* The introduction of major Superman foe Mongul (a [[Thanos]] [[Captain Ersatz]], even co-created by Thanos' creator.)
* Two teamups with [[Swamp Thing]], one of them written by [[Alan Moore]];
* [[He
* The introduction of [[Miracle Monday|Superwoman]] (as her own character and not an identity for [[Lois Lane]].)
* Two team up stories with... Clark Kent?
* Similarly, a team up with the original [[Superboy]] (eg. [[Time Travel|himself!]])
* A Team Up with [[Santa Claus]] ([[All Just a Dream]]... [[Or Was It a Dream?]]?)
* The formal introduction of the [[Multinational Team|Global Guardians]] (from the [[
* The introduction of [[Superboy Prime]] (not yet an insane menace.)
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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.
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* [[Death Star]]: Warworld.
* [[Depending
** 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)
* [[Plot Tailored to
▲** 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 Mar Vell|Captain Marvel]].)
▲* [[Plot Tailored to The Party]]: [[Story-Breaker Team-Up|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 Comic|Decompressed Comics]] were much rarer.
** There were exceptions, like the three-issue story that introduced Mongul and Warworld (costarring [[Martian Manhunter]], [[Supergirl]] and [[The Spectre]]) and the two-part story involving Superman's [[Secret Keeper]] Pete Ross (back when he was white) co-starring the [[Legion of Super
* [[Team
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