The Best of DC War Artist’s Edition HC—SPOTLIGHT

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Best of DC WAR

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ARTIST’S EDITION

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ARTIST’S EDITION

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IDW PUBLISHING TED ADAMS, CEO & Publisher GREG GOLDSTEIN, President & COO ROBBIE ROBBINS, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist CHRIS RYALL, Editor-in-Chief & CCO MATTHEW RUZICKA, CPA & Chief Financial Officer DIRK WOOD, VP of Marketing LORELEI BUNJES, VP of Digital Services JEFF WEBBER, VP of Licensing, Digital and Subsidiary Rights JERRY BENNINGTON, VP of New Product Development

BEST OF DC WAR ARTIST’S EDITION. FIRST PRINTING. MARCH 2016.

Cover, new material and compilation copyright © 2016 DC Comics.

All Rights Reserved.

Originally published in single magazine form in Blitzkrieg #2, DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #21, G. I. Combat #129, 138, 157, Our Army At War #125, 160, 194196, 198, 212, 225, 236, 239, 241, 244, 248, 253, 262, 265, 273, 279, Our Fighting Forces #130, 134, 144-146, 154, 160, Star Spangled War Stories #153, 164, 166, and Sgt. Rock Special #2. Copyright © 1962, 1965, 1968-1976, 1982, 1994 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved. All characters, their distinctive likenesses and related elements featured in this publication are trademarks of DC Comics. The stories, characters and incidents featured in this publication are entirely fictional.

ISBN: 978-1-6314-0547-1 19 18 17 16 1 2 3 4 PRINTED IN CHINA

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Artist’s Edition #40 Artist’s Edition is ™ 2016 Idea and Design Works, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. All names, characters, and locales are entirely fictional: Any similarities to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC.

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Designed by Randall Dahlk Edited by Scott Dunbier