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Issue: World's Finest Comics #269
Publication Date: June 1981
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Issues: #269 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: 03/05/1981
Volume: 41
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sales date from Copyright Office, sourced by Mike's Amazing World.
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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 In9
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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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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Buried Alive!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Ka-El]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Red Tornado
First Line: Did you find the Batman?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-573
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/. It seems that Buckler's signature was made by Giordano (same "R").
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Job Number: L-747
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Letters of comment from T. M. Maple and Jeff Albrecht.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Paid circulation: average 77,000; latest issue 78,000.
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Buried Alive!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bob Tobias; Ed Wiley; Morgan Edge; Jimmy Olsen
First Line: At first, when you wake, you're certain you must still be dreaming.
Synopsis: Superman and Robin are wondering where Batman is when Ed Wiley, wearing a shirt covered in TNT and standing on the top of Metropolis Bridge, announces he has captured Batman and demands ten million dollars ransom. After Wiley blows himself up, partially catching Robin in the blast, it is up to Superman to interpret Wiley's last words and find Batman, but the escape artist has already freed himself from being buried alive.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #36 published January 1981
as Lebendig begraben [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #1/1983 published January 1983
as Levende begravd [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Strange Deaths of Batman #[nn] published March 2009
as Buried Alive! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: J-7159
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Escape Me...Never!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; George Taylor Jr.; Mercedes De Diego; Roberto; Capitan Carranzas
First Line: Sun, sand, sea... San Felipe!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #19/1981 published September 1981
as Verfänglicher Charme! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #5/1982 published January 1982
as Et paradis med slanger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-7208
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...I Must Go Home Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Hyanthis (flashback); unnamed Thanagarians; Adam Strange (flashback); Alanna Strange (flashback); unnamed Wingmen; Doctor Jymbi
First Line: Polaris! On Earth it is known as the North Star! But it is the life-giving sun for the world of Thanagar...
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #5 published January 1982
as ...zurück in die Heimat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #5 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story continues in the next issue.
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All The Bits and Pieces of My Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Red Tornado [John Smith]; Arnold Tracy; Madame Redclaw; Harold; Irving; Oswald
First Line: A modest workman's tool table, with the kind of equipment you might find on the bench of any electronics or computer hobbiest...
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In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #2/1983 published February 1983
as Ein Roboter braucht Hilfe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-7232
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Sabbac Strikes Back!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sabbac [Tim Karnes]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Satan; Any; Belial; Beelzebub; Asmodeus; Craeteis
First Line: No one can defeat the sea-- not even Captain Marvel Jr!
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In Content Item: FlagGrüne Leuchte #9/1982 published September 1982
as Sabbac schlägt zurück! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Return of Sabbac. Spotlight on Captain Marvel, Jr.
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DC Profile #72

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): DC Profile
First Line: DC spaceman Adam Strange travels 25 trillion miles everytime he visits the planet Rann.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. At Daily Planet Feature Page. Profile about Laurie Sutton.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Ask the Answer Man!
First Line: Q: What is the weakness of Sinestro's ring?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.
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On Sale March 5th

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page. Information about DC comics on sale at March 5th.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): ]Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
First Line: Look--in that World War One bi-plane! It's DC battle ace Steve Savage!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
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Volume 81 Issue 3 - March, 1981

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Double-barrel Green Lantern excitement!
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Includes previews of Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #2, Green Lantern #141, Ghosts #101, Unexpected #211, Secrets of Haunted House #37, Legion of Super-Heroes #276 and Adventure Comics #482 (Dial H for Hero).

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