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Issue: World's Finest Comics #145
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 09/10/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 22 (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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
Prison for Heroes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #2 published December 2008
as World's Finest Comics #145 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).
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Inside front cover.
Prison for Heroes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Electric Man; The Freezer; Balloon Man; The Flame; Dr. Marlin (Cameo)
Batman is hypnotized into becoming the warden of an alien prison and charged with capturing Superman and imprisoning him with the other heroes inside.
Reprinting
FlagSupermann Kjempe Album #[1968] published January 1968
as Heltefengslet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #197 published October 1970
as Prison for Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #2/1971 published April 1971
as Fengselet for helter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
FlagGigant #2/1971 published April 1971
as Fängelset för hjältar! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #2 published December 2008
as Prison For Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #98 published ?
as Prison For Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7.67
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
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Miscellaneous
1
Stop! Look! Listen!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
80-Page Giant; The Flash
Weather Wizard
House ad for 80 Page Giant Magazine #4.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
On sale August 20th.
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
0.5
Part II: The Revenge of Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Electric Man; Balloon Man; The Freezer; The Flame; Waraj
Superman escapes from the prison and takes revenge on Batman. So the aliens from the planet Vor come down to try to regain control of their prison plan to conquer the universe.
Reprinting
FlagSupermann Kjempe Album #[1968] published January 1968
as Heltefengslet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #197 published October 1970
as Prison for Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #2/1971 published April 1971
as Fengselet for helter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
FlagGigant #2/1971 published April 1971
as Del II Stålmannens hämnd! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #2 published December 2008
as The Revenge of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #98 published ?
as Part II-The Revenge Of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7.67
Robin is not featured in this story.
Worth Wishing For...

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
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Miscellaneous
0.67
On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
Batman's Greatest Foes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Information on some of the most bizarre criminal foes of Batman and Robin.
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Miscellaneous
0.33
On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Letters of comment from Clarke Oberheide, Curtis Hohmann, Ed Swartley, Joseph D'Amico, Bruce Gventer, Anthony Garcia, Peter Corad and Larry Linder.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
I'm glad I got this job as usher on Saturdays!
Vic quits his job as a movie theater usher because he has already seen the movie.
Reprinting
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #96 [Sept Cover Date] published September 1958
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
0.33
The Underwater Archers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; The Wizard [Horace Kates]; Arrow-Boat; Arrow Cave; Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (cameo); Topo
Green Arrow battles his old foe The Wizard underwater.
Reprinting
FlagAdventure Comics #267 published December 1959
was The Underwater Archers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Part 2 of story; continued from the Aquaman story "The Manhunt on Land" in the previous issue.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Cap
I'll take that airplane kit!
A rich kid buys a model plane kit and has his butler put it together.
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Miscellaneous
0.67
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Honesty Is the Best Policy!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
opinion
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
More Movie Monsters Are on the Loose!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover.

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