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Issue: World's Finest Comics #265
Publication Date: October 1980
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Issues: #265 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 40
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
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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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Disclose Reprinted In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images3
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
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Magic Menace This Way Comes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Red Tornado (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1981 published January 1981
as Gefangen im Reich der Magier! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-417
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Magic Menace This Way Comes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Burkett
Penciller(s): Ric Estrada
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman; Superman; Simon Magus; Merlin; Balrog
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1981 published January 1981
as Magus, der Magier [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: J-6645
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One Red Rose for Never!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Trevor von Eeden
Inker(s): Jimmy Janes
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow; Black Canary; George Taylor; Elizar van Wyck; Jarrett van Wyck
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #24/1980 published November 1980
as Blutrote Rosen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: J-6635
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A Matter of Good Taste

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Jet-Set Jessie
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement in comicstrip format for Hostess Twinkies.
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Volume 80 Issue 22 - October, 1980

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Bob Rozakis
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daily Planet
Character(s): Teen Titans [Kid Flash; Starfire; Raven; Wonder Girl; Changeling; Robin [Dick Grayson]]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Contains preview of DC Comics Presents #26 which has a preview of the New Teen Titans, Justice League of America #183, Adventure Comics #475-476 (Aquaman) and Brave and the Bold #167 (Blackhawks).
First page contains DC Profile #65 - Vince Colletta (see next sequence).
Second page contains Ask the Answer Man! and a Planet crossword puzzle.
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#65 Vince Colletta

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Profile
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Part of Daily Planet Extra page.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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This Hostage World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): J. M. DeMatteis
Penciller(s): Ken Landgraf
Inker(s): Armando Gil
Colorist(s): Bob LeRose
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
Character(s): Hawkman; V'Lonna; Superman; Wonder Woman; Green Arrow (flashback); George Emmett
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #4/1981 published February 1981
as "Die Terror-Sklaven" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6563
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Journey Through the Past!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): J. M. DeMatteis
Penciller(s): Jose Delbo
Inker(s): Kim DeMulder
Colorist(s): Lynne Gelfer
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Red Tornado
Character(s): T. O. Morrow; Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel] (flashback); JSA (flashback); Hourman (flashback); Dr. Fate (flashback); Starman (flashback); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (flashback); Mr. Terrific (flashback); Sandman (flashback); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (flashback); The Atom [Al Pratt] (flashback); Hawkman (Earth 2) (flashback); Hawkman (Earth 1, flashback); The Elongated Man (flashback); Kathy Sutton (flashback); Black Canary (flashback); Traya (flashback)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRed Tornado #[nn] published December 1983
as Journey Through the Past [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-6741
Disclose Notes: Background recap.
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The Plot Against the Human Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Don Newton
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): King Kull (villain); Mr. Atom (villain); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Mind; Captain Marvel, Jr.; Professor Edgewise
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6691
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From the World's Finest Fans
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-573
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Kent A. Phenis, Ken Metzger, and James DeMarco.

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