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Issue: World's Finest Comics #257

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Publication Date: June 1979

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Issues: #257 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 03/06/1979

Volume: 39

Pages: 68

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893073007

Price: $1.00 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)

Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #166.

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Format

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:

Reprinted In5

4 Content Items

reprinted 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images2

Cover, Wraparound

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)

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Title Page

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Content Items (8 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Wraparound

Credits

Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (signed)

Inker(s): Jim Aparo (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman and Batman

Character(s): Superman; Batman; Green Arrow; Maudy; Black Lightning; Captain Marvel; Hawkman; Hawkgirl

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #22/1979 published October 1979
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: C-966

Notes: Wraparound cover.

World's Finest

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack C. Harris

Penciller(s): Jose Delbo (signed)

Inker(s): Joe Orlando (signed)

Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: J-6003

Notes: Inside front cover.

The Innocent Who Hated!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil

Penciller(s): Dick Dillin

Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin

Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman and Batman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Maudy; Dr. Wanyoc; Mercenaries, Inc.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #22/1979 published October 1979
as Du sollst nicht hassen ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 19

Job Number: J-5908

Death Ransom!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil

Penciller(s): George Tuska

Inker(s): Bob Smith

Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe

Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Black Lightning

Character(s): Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Tobias Whale (villain); The 100 (villain); Tabitha Katt (villain)

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Job Number: J-5900

Notes: Continues from previous issue's Green Arrow story.

Time Keeps on Killing

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Paul Kupperberg

Penciller(s): Jose Delbo

Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin

Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe

Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Green Arrow

Character(s): Clock King [William Tockman] (villain, origin recounted); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Nate Petersen; Dr. Merlis; Speedy [Roy Harper] (flashback)

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #21/1979 published October 1979
as Zeit ist Mord [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Supermán #1398 published December 1982
as El Tiempo Sigue Matando [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Job Number: J-5983

Attack of the In-and-Out Invaders

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gerry Conway

Penciller(s): Rich Buckler

Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal

Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Hawkman

Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Mavis Trent; Darwin Abernathy; Malachi Mills

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #20/1979 published September 1979
as Angriff aus der Aktentasche [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Job Number: J-5834

The Invincible Man

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell

Penciller(s): Don Newton

Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger

Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel

Character(s): The Invincible Man [Mr. Mind] (villain); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana; King Kull; Captain Nazi; Teth-Adam; Miss Jameson; Whitey Murphy

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 15

Job Number: J-5890

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack C. Harris [as JCH]

Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration)

Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): From the World's Finest Fans

Character(s): Hawkgirl; Superman; Batman; Captain Marvel; Black Canary; Green Arrow; Black Lightning; Hawkman (all in masthead)

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: L-256

Notes: Inside back cover. Letters of comment from Michael Burkhalter, Scott Gibson and Micheal N. Tierstein.