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Issue: World's Finest Comics #273

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Publication Date: November 1981

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Issues: #273 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 07/28/1981

Volume: 41

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: £0.30 GBP
$1.00 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Len Wein (editor); Mike W. Barr (associate editor)

Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

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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:

Variants2

World's Finest Comics #273 [Direct]

World's Finest Comics #273 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In3

3 Content Items

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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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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Assets1

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Indicia

Content Items (10 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Ross Andru

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman and Batman

Character(s): Superman; Batman; Weapon Master; Plastic Man (inset)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-728

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Rozakis [as Ted P. Skimmer]

Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration)

Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

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

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Letters from Peter Sturman, David L. Kelly, Peter R. Herstedt, and Alfonso Limone.

In the Citadel of the Weapon Master

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Cary Burkett

Penciller(s): Adrian Gonzales

Inker(s): Bob Smith

Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman and Batman

Character(s): Superman; Batman; Weapon Master; Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo)

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman Taschenbuch #39 published January 1982
as In der Zitadelle des Waffenmeisters [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 14

Job Number: J-7682

Assault on Kastle Vertigo!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Haney

Penciller(s): Trevor von Eeden

Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford

Letterer(s): Todd Klein

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Green Arrow

Character(s): Green Arrow; Count Vertigo

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Job Number: J-7592

Design for Dying

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Martin Pasko

Penciller(s): Joe Staton

Inker(s): Bob Smith

Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Plastic Man

Character(s): Plastic Man; Woozy Winks

Synopsis: Clothing designers are being stitched, zippered, and stretched to death, but Plas and Woozy soon get to the bottom(s) of the crimes.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Story title from The Comic Reader #193. Story is possibly leftover inventory from Plastic Man's Adventure Comics run which ended a year earlier in December 1980, some of which was already used in Super Friends.

Victory?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Rozakis

Penciller(s): Alex Saviuk

Inker(s): Rodin Rodriguez

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Hawkman

Character(s): Hawkman; Hawkwoman; Hyanthis; Lord Insectus (flashback); Shadow Thief (flashback)

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In Content Item: Flag

Superman Extra #5 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Job Number: J-7450

Sivana's Nobel!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell

Penciller(s): Don Newton

Inker(s): Dan Adkins

Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel

Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

The Best of DC #23 [Direct Sales] published April 1982
as Sivana's Nobel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Job Number: J-7617

[untitled]

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Rozakis; Fred Hembeck

Penciller(s): ?; Fred Hembeck

Inker(s): ?; Fred Hembeck

Letterer(s): typeset; Fred Hembeck

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Daily Planet Feature Page; Ask the Answer Man; Hembeck

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.55

Notes: Inside back cover. Includes a Fred Hembeck strip featuring Woozy Winks and Plastic Man.

#80 George Pérez

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Mike W. Barr [as Michael C. Carmichael]

Penciller(s): George Pérez (illustration)

Inker(s): George Pérez (illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: biography

Feature(s): DC Profiles

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.45

Notes: Inside back cover. Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.

Volume 81 Issue 11 - August, 1981

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Rozakis ?

Penciller(s): George Perez; Carmine Infantino (illustrations)

Inker(s): George Perez; Bob Smith ? (illustrations)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Editor(s): Bob Rozakis

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Daily Planet

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Includes previews of The New Teen Titans #13, The Flash #303, Justice League of America #196 and on sale lists for August 6th and 20th.