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Issue: DC Special Series #23
Publication Date: February 1981
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Issues: #23 of 27 Issues (32 Printings)
Title: World's Finest Comics Digest
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/25/1980
Volume: 5
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893248402
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
12 (8 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: On sale date from the 1980 Library of Congress copyright records (cocatalog.loc.gov). Same date given in Comic Reader #185.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S. (#1-17, 20-22); digest (#18, 19, 23, 24); tabloid (#25-27)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-17, 20-22, 25-27); squarebound (#18, 19, 23, 24)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Job Number: C-518
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World's Finest Comics

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The Composite Superman, Part I

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Composite Superman [Joe Meach]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Sun Boy]
Synopsis: A freak accident gives Joe Meach the powers of the entire Legion of Super-Heroes and he becomes the Composite Superman.
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Job Number: J-7136
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Part II: The Battle between Titans!

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Character(s): Composite Superman [Joe Meach]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis: Composite Superman threatens to reveal Superman and Batman's identity if they don't retire.
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The Menace of the Mechanical Octopus

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Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Synopsis: Crooks are using a mechanical octopus to commit robberies.
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The Day Aquaman Lost His Powers

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The Has-Been Superman!

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Part II: Exit Superman -- Enter Nova!

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[Part III] Superman's Perfect Crime!

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Part IV: Socrates Seeks a Secret!

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The World's Finest Features

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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World's Finest Comics Digest

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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