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Issue: World's Finest Comics #170
Publication Date: October 1967
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Issues: #170 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: 08/15/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G40 and as G-40 on indicia page.

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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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
Indicia
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Duplicate Man
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman and Batman Album #3 published November 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated with vignettes from the covers from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #84 (September-October 1956), #92 (January-February 1958), #106 (December 1959), and #108 (March 1960).
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The Star Creatures

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: These strange creatures... where do they come from?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #108 published March 1960
was The Star Creatures [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.5
Disclose Notes: Bob Klein & Gene Reed say Charles Paris inks. Last page condensed from original.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Hades (idea)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: What are you doing with that old toothbrush?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6544
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The Super-Mystery of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thad Linnis
First Line: Something in his past has always worried Superman and now, suddenly, that secret reaches out of the past to threaten the usefulness of the Man of Steel.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #84 published September 1956
was The Super-Mystery of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: 1st meeting of Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent in Smallville
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Joseph P. Flanagan, Reba Cooper, Gordon Flagg Jr., Gary Olson, Bill Burley, William F, Kaemmerling.
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The Menace of Superman's Pet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Wreckers; Gleek
First Line: It was tiny...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #112 published September 1960
was The Menace of Superman's Pet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.5
Disclose Notes: Bob Klein & Gene Reed say Charles Paris inks. Last page condensed from original. Giant props story.
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Batman and Superman, Swamis Inc.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): the Fang
First Line: Here is the strangest battle ever waged -- a battle between a swami's magic crystal and an ancient lucky sword!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #73 published November 1954
was Batman and Superman, Swamis Inc. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Boy from Outer Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Skyboy [Tharn of Kormo] (introduction)
First Line: Batman and Robin, the dynamic detective duo, are famous as an inseparable team - but Superman has always carried on his great career alone!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #92 published January 1958
was The Boy from Outer Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Bob Klein & Gene Reed list Charles Paris inks.
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The Duplicate Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Duplicate Man (introduction)
First Line: We went off the roof together, Batman, but I'm going back up!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #106 published December 1959
was The Duplicate Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Giant props story.

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