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Issue: World's Finest Comics #228
Publication Date: March 1975
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Issues: #228 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/17/1974
Volume: 35
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #113.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Crown for a New Batman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Superman, Jr.; Batman, Jr.; Robin; Aquaman; Metamorpho; Eclipso; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #15/1975 published July 1975
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons #[nn] published February 2007
as World's Finest Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2386
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World's Finest Comics Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-458
Disclose Notes: Contents listing with illustration and indicia information at bottom of page.
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Crown for a New Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman, Jr.; Superman, Jr.; Superman; Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Simon Link; Malook
Synopsis: When Batman appears to die, Robin and Batman, Jr. vie to replace him. A requirement of Bruce Wayne's will is that Bruce Wayne, Jr. has to accompany an old business partner of his father's to the arctic. There, he uncovers the duplicity of his father's business partner and that his father is still alive.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #15/1975 published July 1975
as Krone für den neuen Batman - Teil 1 : Räche deinen Vater [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #15/1975 published July 1975
as Krone für den neuen Batman - Teil 2 : Das Rätsel der Rauchinsel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #15/1975 published July 1975
as Krone für den neuen Batman - Teil 3 :Eisiges Grab [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #6/1976 published November 1976
as Kronen til den NYE Lynvingen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #6/1976 published November 1976
as Vem blir den nye Läderlappen Del 1 Hämnas din fader [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #6/1976 published November 1976
as Del 2 Rököns gåta [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #6/1976 published November 1976
as Del 3 En grav av is [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons #[nn] published February 2007
as Crown for a New Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: B-2306
Disclose Notes: Batman's wife appears in the story, but her identity is not made clear. Feature bannered as "Superman & Batman and Their Sons Co-Starring Robin" on splash page. The story also has three separate chapter titles: Part 1 - Avenge Thy Father; Part 2 - The Riddle of Smoke Island; Part 3 - Tomb of Ice.
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The Broadway Posse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Harry Ames (rackateer boss); Arthur Mills; Jed; Hank; Lonesome Joe; Kid Billy; Stuff (Vigilante's sidekick)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #193 published June 1954
was The Broadway Posse! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: L-454
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The Menace of the Land-Sea Beasts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Aqualad
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAquaman #12 published November 1963
was The Menace of the Land-Sea Beasts [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Job Number: L-455
Disclose Notes: Story miscredited to Bob Haney on the splash page of this reprint.
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World's Fun-est #3

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Job Number: P-40
Disclose Notes: Puzzle.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-2360
Disclose Notes: Select comments from Bob Rodi, Sean McInerney, Tom Gates, Dan Stimpson, James Decker, Guy Rosefelt, Paul Johnson, J. Douglas Wellington, Perry Wilson, Scott Gibson, Philip Byarley, Joe Pelusi, Richard F. Bales, Tony Marrero, Bob Crawford and Robbie Marsdan.
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The Junk Yard of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; Simon Stagg; Sapphire Stagg; Java; Maxwell Tremaine; Eddie Riggs (race car driver); Karko
Synopsis: Karko captures Metamorpho and takes him to Maxwell Tremaine who wants to force Metamorpho to help him conquer the world.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #58 published February 1965
was The Junk Yard of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Job Number: L-452
Disclose Notes: Story in 3 parts of 7.67 pp., 9.67 pp., 6.67 pp. for an actual page count of 24 pages.
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World's Fun-est #3 Answers

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: The answer to the puzzle is a line from the Aquaman origin story in More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #73.
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The Amazing Reversals of Superman and Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #14/1976 published July 1976
as Supertausch von Superrollen [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-456
Disclose Notes: Consists of panels taken from past stories.
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Hideout on Fear Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Eclipso [Bruce Gordon]; Pofessor Bennett; Mona Bennett; Dr. Zanor [Karl Kluge]
Synopsis: Professor Bennett is accused of using a rapid-grow plant experiment by a small South-American country and destroying a village.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #64 published January 1964
was Hideout on Fear Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
Job Number: L-453

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