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Issue: World's Finest Comics #188
Publication Date: October 1969
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Issues: #188 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/07/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as Giant (DC, 1969 series) #G64 and as G-64 on indicia page. Copyright © National Periodical Publications, Inc., 1969.

On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #161, 170, 179, 188, 223-228, 230)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Jack Adler ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Princess Varna; Negative Superman; Speedy (silhouette)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: W-335
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Special Mystery Issue

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Super-Rivals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Vicki Vale; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #85 published November 1956
was The Super-Rivals [Story on Interior Page(s)]1 page omitted
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The original page 2 omitted from this reprint.

Bob Klein & Gene Reed list Sprang only.
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The Super-Newspaper of Gotham City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Perry White; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #80 published January 1956
was The Super-Newspaper of Gotham City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Klein/Reed and Archives list Paris inks
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The Negative Superman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Luthor; Negative Superman; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Synopsis: Luthor's ray gun creates a negative image of Superman which acts the opposite of the real Man of Steel.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #126 published June 1962
was The Negative Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.5
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The World's Worst Archer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Lee Elias
Inker(s): Lee Elias
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper] (new Origin); Chief Brave Bow; Ranger Harper (Roy's Father, flashback)
Synopsis: Chief Brave Bow helps Roy Harper become Green Arrow's new partner.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #262 published July 1959
was The World's Worst Archer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: Silver Age origin of Speedy.
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The Batman Nobody Remembered

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Joker [really Freddie Forbes]; Vicki Vale; Batwoman; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; the Red Raven Gang; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Synopsis: Batman accidentally ends up on a parallel world where Superman and Robin are a team and Batman doesn't exist.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #136 published September 1963
was The Batman Nobody Remembered [Story on Interior Page(s)]2 pages omitted
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
Disclose Notes: 2 pages cut. Parallel world story.

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