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Issue: World's Finest Comics #263
Publication Date: June 1980
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Issues: #263 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: 03/11/1980
Volume: 40
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)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #177.
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted In7
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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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): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Superman, Jr.; Batman, Jr.; Adam Strange; Green Arrow; Aquaman; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr.
Reprinting
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: C-326
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Final Secret of the Super-Sons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman, Jr.; Batman, Jr.; Dr. Sivana; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis: The super-sons' adventures are revealed to be computer simulations observed by Superman and Batman. But when Superman leaves the program running, Superman, Jr. figures out that there is another plane of existence, and the boys enter the real world. There, their presence causes natural disasters, so they sacrifice their artifical lives.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #17/1980 published August 1980
as "Amoklauf der Supersöhne" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #2/1981 published January 1981
as Sannheten om Supersønnene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons #[nn] published February 2007
as The Final Secret of the Super-Sons [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: J-6457
Disclose Notes: That the Super-Sons were actually computer simulations was previously mentioned in The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #192.
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Hell's Acre Savior!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Trevor von Eeden
Inker(s): Armando Gil
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; George Taylor; Matthew L. Durkin; Rooftop Robinson; Ricky Sanchez; Lt. Mack Morgan
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #21/1980 published October 1980
as "Höllenacker" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #4/1981 published January 1981
as Lys i mørket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6419
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A Flash in the Dam

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hostess Twinkies; The Flash
Character(s): Flash; The Destroyer
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Continental Baking Company who holds the registered trademarks for Hostess and Twinkies.
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Zeta-Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris
Penciller(s): Jim Sherman
Inker(s): Steve Mitchell
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Mike Stevens
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Adam Strange
Character(s): Kaskor; The Kirri; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Adam Strange (origin); Alanna; Sardath
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-5451
Disclose Notes: A follow-up to Showcase #101-103 with Hawkman. This segues into the Hawkman strip next issue.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration)
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From the World's Finest Fans
Character(s): Hawkgirl; Superman; Batman; Captain Marvel; Black Canary; Green Arrow; Aquaman; Hawkman (all in masthead)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-493
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Return to New Venice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Jose Delbo
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (origin); Topo; Major Lyndon; Tom Haskel
Synopsis: Origin recap.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #1 published April 1983
as Return to New Venice [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6438
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The Graybeard Gang

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): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Graybeard; The Waco Kid; Scattergun Haines
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6469
Disclose Notes: Actually a Captain Marvel, Jr. story.

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