XOW Logo
Issue: World's Finest Comics #87
Disclose Detail
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose 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:  
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
The Reversed Heroes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #2 published February 2001
FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as Foreword - Mike Gold [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]cover illustration
FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as World's Finest Comics #87 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Reversed Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Elton Craig; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Lois Lane; Perry White
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.
Reprinting
FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #2 published February 2001
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #223 published May 1974
as The Reversed Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as The Reversed Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #121 published ?
as The Reversed Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Sold by Josely Company.
Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction, opinion, teen
Buzzy Brown
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Green Sword

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Green Arrow adopts a sword as his weapon and abandons his arrows.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Green Hat.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Lionel
Now here's a nice chair!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Secret Below the Sea

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1.75
[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.25
The Retirement of Tomahawk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
historical, western
Tomahawk
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
Littleton Stamp Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside back cover.
Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2025. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.