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Issue: World's Finest Comics #145
Publication Date: November 1964
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Issues: #145 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Prison for Heroes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #2 published December 2008
as World's Finest Comics #145 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Prison for Heroes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Electric Man; The Freezer; Balloon Man; The Flame; Dr. Marlin (Cameo)
Synopsis: 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
In Content Item: FlagSupermann Kjempe Album #[1968] published January 1968
as Heltefengslet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #197 published October 1970
as Prison for Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #2/1971 published April 1971
as Fengselet for helter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
In Content Item: FlagGigant #2/1971 published April 1971
as Fängelset för hjältar! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #2 published December 2008
as Prison For Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #98 published ?
as Prison For Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 7.67
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Pages: 0.33
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Genres: anthropomorphic
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Pages: 1
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Stop! Look! Listen!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): 80-Page Giant; The Flash
Character(s): Weather Wizard
Synopsis: House ad for 80 Page Giant Magazine #4.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On sale August 20th.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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Part II: The Revenge of Superman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Electric Man; Balloon Man; The Freezer; The Flame; Waraj
Synopsis: 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
In Content Item: FlagSupermann Kjempe Album #[1968] published January 1968
as Heltefengslet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #197 published October 1970
as Prison for Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #2/1971 published April 1971
as Fengselet for helter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
In Content Item: FlagGigant #2/1971 published April 1971
as Del II Stålmannens hämnd! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #2 published December 2008
as The Revenge of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #98 published ?
as Part II-The Revenge Of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Robin is not featured in this story.
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Worth Wishing For...

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Genres: anthropomorphic
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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Batman's Greatest Foes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Synopsis: Information on some of the most bizarre criminal foes of Batman and Robin.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Clarke Oberheide, Curtis Hohmann, Ed Swartley, Joseph D'Amico, Bruce Gventer, Anthony Garcia, Peter Corad and Larry Linder.
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First Line: Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: I'm glad I got this job as usher on Saturdays!
Synopsis: Vic quits his job as a movie theater usher because he has already seen the movie.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #96 [Sept Cover Date] published September 1958
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.67
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Pages: 0.33
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The Underwater Archers!

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

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cap
First Line: I'll take that airplane kit!
Synopsis: A rich kid buys a model plane kit and has his butler put it together.
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Pages: 0.67
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Honesty Is the Best Policy!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: opinion
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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More Movie Monsters Are on the Loose!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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