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Issue: World's Finest Comics #260
Publication Date: December 1979
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Issues: #260 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: 09/25/1979
Volume: 39
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893073001
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #172.

Because of the aborted plans to convert this title to a standard-size comic edited by Julie Schwartz (see the issue note in #258 and the text article in this comic), the cover and the Superman/Batman story were actually edited by Schwartz.
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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 from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Superman; Batman
First Line: If the Batman has to fly to save Superman--
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #13/1980 published June 1980
as Achtung ! Die Welt wird super! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3208?
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The Four Billion Supermen of Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (guest editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Alfred Pennyworth
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #13/1980 published June 1980
as Die vier Milliarden Supermänner! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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A Tight Squeeze for the Tiny Titan!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Juan Ortiz
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): Bob LeRose
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (guest editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Atom
Character(s): The Bug-Eyed Bandit (villain); The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Palmer
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Inks credited to Vince Colletta in this story in error.

This story was originally prepared to be a back-up in Action Comics during the DC Explosion.
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The Stony-Eyed Medusa

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash; Hostess Fruit Pies
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Medusa
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies in comics strip format.
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Lure of the Magnetic Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s): Michael Netzer [as Mike Nasser]
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Karin Kish [as Karin]
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Lightning
Character(s): Black Lightning; Jackie Parrish; Doctor Polaris [Baxter Timmons]; Harry Parrish; Mrs. Parrish; Lynn Stewart; Jim Corrigan; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (flashback cameo)
Synopsis: Black Lightning fights Doctor Polaris while trying to deal with a runaway student, and finds that his two problems are connected.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #15 published January 1980
as Der Magnetmensch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Story originally intended for the unpublished Black Lightning (DC, 1977 series) #12. Art altered to give Black Lightning a fuller afro.
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There Goes the Neighborhood!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Don Newton
Inker(s): Dave Hunt
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel; Hydia; Sylvius; Phylla; Pythia; Dion; Dr. Stark Weldon; Sterling Morris
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #38 published January 1982
as Chaos in der Nachbarschaft [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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To the World's Finest Fans

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: L-391
Disclose Notes: Article detailing the creation of World's Finest Comics #259, which was expanded to a $1.00 comic after being planned as a $0.40 comic.

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