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Issue: World's Finest Comics #246
Publication Date: August 1977
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Issues: #246 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/19/1977
Volume: 37
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893073009
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from next issue ad in World's Finest Comics #245. On-sale date of May 17 in Comic Reader #143.
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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
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Superman; Wonder Woman; Kor-El [The Parasite]; Wonder Woman (inset); Black Canary (inset); Green Arrow (inset); Vigilante (inset)
First Line: So... Superman-- This is the awful secret you've been hiding all these years!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #2/1978 published January 1978
as Supies grösstes Geheimnis [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #3 published March 2006
as World's Finest Comics #246 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Demoniske møter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] published August 2006
as The Truth about Superman's Twin Brother! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #4 published February 2010
as World's Finest Comics #246 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-491
Disclose Notes: Cover colorist credit is from the letter column of issue #249.
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World's Finest

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Vigilante
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4798
Disclose Notes: Contents page with illustration.
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The Prisoner of the Kryptonite Asteroid!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Justice League of America [Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]]; James Gordon; Mad Dog Doyle; Ram Drood; Kor-El [The Parasite]; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Dr. Gan-Zir (flashback); Morgan Edge (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo); President of the United States (cameo)
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #2/1978 published January 1978
as Der Gefangene des Kryptonit-Asterioiden - Teil 1 : Aus dem Abgrund der Zeit . . . [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #2/1978 published January 1978
as Der Gefangene des Kryptonit-Asterioiden - Teil 2 : Wo ist mein Bruder ? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #66 [Direct Sales] published November 1985
as The Prisoner of the Kryptonite Asteroid! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: J-4698
Disclose Notes: The story has separate chapter titles: Part I - Across Time, Darkly! and Part II - Am I My Brother's Keeper? Story continues in the next issue. The President slightly resembles Jimmy Carter, but is not named.
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Wulf Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Wulf; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Ursus (flashback)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Album #9 published January 1977
as Wulf Hunt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-4643
Disclose Notes: Despite the order of the printed credits, Nasser listed as penciler and Austin as inker in the Daily Planet and The Comic Reader #143.
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Manhunt for a Murderer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Slingshot [David Drayson]; Barney Breed; Reggie Ronson; "The Outfit"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-4644
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Son of a Gun!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dummy (flashback, also in #248), Stuff (death); Vigilante [Greg Saunders] (origin retold); Judas Priest; Sheriff Sanders (The Vigilante's father)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Baron's Name Is Blitzkrieg

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (Earth 2); Baron Blitzkrieg (introduction, origin, also in #247); General Adrian Hawkins; Steve Trevor; Adolf Hitler (flashback); Nazis; Winston Churchill; General Auchinleck
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: J-4683
Disclose Notes: Setting continues to be World War II for this series.
The story has separate chapter titles: Chapter 1: "Conception..."; Chapter 2: "...Birth..."; Chapter 3: "...and Baptism!"
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-699
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Anthony Costa, Frank Antonides and Reed Cambell.
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What Does 'Showcase' Mean, Anyway?

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
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#14 Mike Nasser

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): DC Profiles
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4

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