WHO'S WHO: THE DEFINITIVE DIRECTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE

Publishers: DC COMICS
Dates: 1 Mar 1985-26 1987
Issues: CLICK HERE to view issues, super-size cover images and values in 9 grades

26 issue Maxi Series. Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe is the umbrella title for a number of comic book series which DC Comics published to catalogue the wide variety of characters in the DC Universe.

It is essentially an encyclopedia in comic form, listing the characters, places, and things in the DC Universe. It began one month before the 12-issue Mini-Series Crisis on Infinite Earths began, and therefore it is of interest to note that the earlier issues discuss pre-Crisis versions of the characters, whereas issues released subsequent to the conclusion of the limited series discuss the post-Crisis universe.

Various updated versions of the Who's Who have appeared over the years, including Who's Who Update '87 and Who's Who Update '88. Both books featured new entries and revised entries for characters in previous volumes, as well as an Appendix which included minor updates and corrections for previous entries. In 1989, most of the DC annuals released that year included Who's Who entries. Some of these were revised versions of entries in the regular Who's Who series, but there were several new entries.

DC Comics also put out two Who's Who spin-off series in the 1980s. The first was Who's Who in Star Trek and the second was Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes.

In 1990, DC started over with a new Who's Who series titled Who's Who in the DC Universe  - 16 loose-leaf issues with binders sold separately. This series was followed up by Who's Who in the DC Universe Update 1993. Finally, DC also released a Who's Who series for their Impact Comics line.

All issues were distributed in the U.K. at the time so available as cents as well as pence copies although they were all in Low Distribution in the U.K. as pence copies.

Total value for all issues of this title listed:

Condition

PR
1.0
FR
1.5
GD
2.0
VG
4.0
FN
6.0
VF
8.0
VF/NM
9.0
NM-
9.2
NM
9.4
MINT
10.0
Issues 2 2 26 26 26 26 26 26
Total £ 0.10 0.25 4.15 12.60 26.60 35.30 44.35 53.00 Total title value in pounds in UK markets
Total $ 0.20 0.40 5.80 16.40 32.00 42.80 53.80 64.40 Total title value in dollars in US markets

Note: some PR issues may have no value. Selected issues in FN, VF or VF/NM may not exist in some titles.