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Issue: World's Finest Comics #87
Publication Date: March 1957
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Issues: #87 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/22/1957
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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:  
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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The Reversed Heroes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #2 published February 2001
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as Foreword - Mike Gold [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]cover illustration
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as World's Finest Comics #87 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Reversed Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Elton Craig; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis: When Elton Craig finds some capsules from Krypton, he takes one and gains superpowers. He captures Superman with some Kryptonite, so Superman takes one of the pills and loses his superpowers. He contacts Batman and Robin, who take the pills and gain superpowers and stop Elton's crime spree.
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In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #2 published February 2001
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #223 published May 1974
as The Reversed Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as The Reversed Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #121 published ?
as The Reversed Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Company.
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Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion, teen
Character(s): Buzzy Brown
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Pages: 1
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The Green Sword

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Synopsis: Green Arrow adopts a sword as his weapon and abandons his arrows.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Green Hat.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Lionel
First Line: Now here's a nice chair!
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Pages: 1
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Secret Below the Sea

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.75
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
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The Retirement of Tomahawk

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Genres: historical, western
Character(s): Tomahawk
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Pages: 6
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Littleton Stamp Co.
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Pages: 1
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Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside back cover.
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Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless"

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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