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''DC Comics Presents'' was a Creator/DCComics comic book starring ComicBook/{{Superman}} and a series of guest stars in [[CrossOver team-up stories]] during UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age of Comic Books}}, 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 ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths) but the ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' series then became the new Superman team-up book for a while.

* PlotTailoredToTheParty: [[StoryBreakerTeamUp Given how powerful Superman is]], especially Pre-Crisis, some stories had to get creative to justify the other heroes' participation or ability to fend for themselves against the Man of Steel.

* The very last Pre-Crisis Superman story -and an epilogue to ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'' mini-series-, in the final issue of the series. (''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'', published afterward, is out of continuity.)

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: In issue #47 "ComicBookFromEterniaWithDeath!", a ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' crossover, it is shown that Superman is stronger than He-Man. Superman may be weak to magic, but if he can dodge magical attacks, then he can easily defeat even the likes of Skeletor.

!!Tropes in DC Comics Present include:

''DC Comics Presents'' was a Creator/DCComics comic book starring Franchise/{{Superman}} and a series of guest stars in [[CrossOver team-up stories]] during UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age of Comic Books}}, 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 ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths) but the ''Action Comics'' series then became the new Superman team-up book for a while.

* The introduction of ComicBook/AmbushBug, first as a recurring villain and then as guest star himself.
* ''Comicbook/WarWorld'': The introduction of major Superman foe Mongul (a ComicBook/{{Thanos}} CaptainErsatz, even co-created by Thanos' creator.)
* Two teamups with ComicBook/SwampThing, one of them -''ComicBook/TheJungleLine''- written by Creator/AlanMoore.

* Two team up stories with... Clark Kent?
* Similarly, a team up with the original ComicBook/{{Superboy}} (i.e. [[TimeTravel himself!]])
* A Team Up with SantaClaus (AllJustADream... OrWasItADream)
* The formal introduction of the ComicBook/GlobalGuardians (from the WesternAnimation/SuperFriends comic) into [[Franchise/TheDCU the DC Universe]].

* A team up with ComicBook/{{OMAC}} (also via TimeTravel), his last appearance before the COIE reboot.

* DependingOnTheWriter: Most of the original series' stories were OK, but some had Superman acting way out of character, like during his fight with ComicBook/MartianManhunter.

* FullyAbsorbedFinale: The crossover with the Prince Gavyn ComicBook/{{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 Creator/JimStarlin, it could be considered an homage to Starlin's work on Marvel Comics' ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}.)

* StandAloneEpisode: The original series did not have much continuity between issues. Of course, comics were different back then, and the StoryArc and {{Decompressed Comic}}s were much rarer. There were exceptions, though, such as a three-issue story that introduced Mongul and Warworld (co-starring ComicBook/MartianManhunter, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and ComicBook/TheSpectre); a two-part story involving Superman's SecretKeeper Pete Ross, the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes, and... Superboy? (the original one, back when he was Clark's past self in the future); a two-parter where Mxyzptlk and Mr. Mind teamed up to torment Superman and [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]; and the OriginStory of Superboy-Prime and how he gained his powers and met Superman.

* YouCantFightFate: A variation, in the [[Comicbook/{{Kamandi}} Kamandi]] issue. Kamandi, having traveled back to Superman's era, begs him to prevent the cataclysm that produced his future dystopia. But of course, Superman has ''been'' to the future repeatedly (in his time with the Legion of Super-Heroes) and recognizes that Kamandi's world is a divergent timeline and there's nothing Superman can do in his own present to affect it.

* The ultimate Superman[=/=][[Franchise/TheFlash Flash]] race (to the very End of Time) in issues #1-2.

* The very last Pre-Crisis Superman story, in the final issue of the series. (''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'', published afterward, is out of continuity.)

The ''[[Comicbook/TeenTitans New Teen Titans]]'' also launched in this series, but in an insert story where Superman was not involved.

As part of their [[ComicBook/{{New 52}} 2011 relaunch]], the series was brought back, this time under the name ''DC Universe Presents''. It was an anthology series, with each arc featuring a different DC character(s).

* FullyAbsorbedFinale: The crossover with the Prince Gavyn ComicBook/{{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 Creator/JimStarlin, it could be considered a homage to Starlin's work on Marvel Comics' ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}.)