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America's Best TV Comics #1

America's Best TV Comics #1, co-published in 1967 by Marvel and ABC-TV, is like a meeting of the Fantastic Justice League of All Media. Have more superstars EVER appeared together in a single comic? Not likely. Pictured below is the comic's real, actual cover, with the original art -- as we'll soon see, this cover is a bit of a Frankenstein monster, with each panel taken from an existing comic...

THE FANTASTIC FOUR!

CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST!

REED RICHARDS!

Inside the book is THIS once-in-a-lifetime spread...
You will never see this again: Casper and friends opposite the FF!

The issue's Spidey reprint was heavily edited down to just 10 pages!

A series on full pages ads touted ABC's new line-up,
most of which was a dismal failure...

Luckily for the network, THIS show went over pretty well...

The inside back cover was a meeting of titans...

Last but not least... the back cover! A full-page ad for an upcoming new ABC series that was the most bizarre and outlandish idea for a show since "My Mother The Car." It's Sally Field starring as "The Flying Nun," a nun who could really fly.

The original promo (below, left) used to create the DBB ad (below, right).