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Issue: World's Finest Comics #279

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Publication Date: May 1982

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Detail

Issues: #279 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 02/25/1982

Volume: 42

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893073005

Price: $1.00 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Mike W. Barr (editor)

Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #199.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; 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 #279 [Direct]

World's Finest Comics #279 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

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Content Items (7 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-877

Notes: Art credits from The Comic Reader #199. Previous indexer credited Dick Giordano as inker.

Kidnapped!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Turk Callahan (criminal); Henry Rupert; Hank; Sondra

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 14

Job Number: J-7893

The Hidden Soul of Harmony

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Paul Goodman; Herbie; Sonny;
Harmony [Laura Goodman; Donna; Jesse; Ralph; Randolph (on phone); others];
Out of Harmony (spies for Harmony)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 9

Job Number: J-8076

Pirates of the Spaceways!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Juli Qwane;
space pirates [Czemm; Drekk; Karniss Gorr (next issue spelled Gor); Qwesjun (also appears as Hawkwoman); Veneer] (first appearance of all)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 9

Job Number: J-8068

When Bancroft Fisher Dies, Everybody Dies!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Asklepios (Greek demi-god of medicine, summoned by Kid Eternity); Bancroft Fisher (villain)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 9

Job Number: J-8086

Notes: Captain Marvel Jr. recognizes Kid Eternity as his deceased brother Kit.

Flashback to Captain Marvel Jr. (Fawcett, 1942 series) #2 (December 18, 1942), where Captain Marvel Jr. met Sherlock Holmes.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.75

Job Number: L-993

Notes: Letters of comment from T. M. Maple, Delmo Walters, Jr., and Melanie James.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.25

Notes: Net press run:
Average number of copies during preceding 12 months = 230,006.
Actual number of copies of single issue nearest to filing date = 216,019.

Total distribution:
Average number of copies during preceding 12 months = 73,602.
Actual number of copies of single issue nearest to filing date = 62,907.