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Issue: DC Special #14
Publication Date: September 1971
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Issues: #14 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/01/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (3 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 Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound; saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Wanted - The World's Most Dangerous Villains!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Kal-el; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Toyman [Winslow Schott]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Captain Cold [Len Snart]; Heat Wave [Mick Rory]; Lois Lane
First Line: Wanted -- The Toyman...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N343
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The Toyman's Castle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Kal-el; Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Toyman [Winslow Schott] (villain); Kid Kale; Zip; Mrs. Thwar
First Line: With the laughing glee of a child at play...
Synopsis: In prison, the Toyman builds toys that are sold to his gang on the outside to show them how to plan the perfect crime. After escaping prison, Toyman has a scheme to steal signatures from rich people to use to steal their wealth. When Lois discovers his plan, Toyman takes her prisoner, and Superman must rescue her from a trap of deadly toys.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #47 published July 1947
was The Toyman's Castle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: N-354
Disclose Notes: writer credit by Martin O'Hearn; inker credit by Bob Hughes
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The Heat Is on... for Captain Cold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Dream Girl [Priscilla Varner] (first appearance); Henry Willens (first appearance); Captain Cold [Leonard Snart] (villain); Heat Wave [Mick Rory] (first appearance, villain)
First Line: 2 arch-villains battling away...
Synopsis: Captain Cold teams up with a new villain...Heat Wave, to take down the Flash and prove their worth to the Dream Girl.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Flash #140 published November 1963
was The Heat Is On... For Captain Cold [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.34
Disclose Notes: Story in two parts of 7.67 and 6.67 pages.

Heat Wave's id as Mick Rory will be revealed in The Flash (DC 1959 series) #226 (March-April 1974)
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The Bird Sayings Crimes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Jonathan Byrd; Ellen Byrd
First Line: You sure feathered your nest with them...
Synopsis: Egged on by criminal rivals who mock his methods, Penguin launches a new series of crimes based on bird sayings and challenges Batman and Robin to stop him.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #55 published December 1951
was The Bird Sayings Crimes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Job Number: N-356
Disclose Notes: Batman and Robin figures by Kane.

Writer confirmed by Martin O'Hearn. Bob Kane pencil credit by Craig Delich. Other possible inkers include Will Elder and Ray Burnley. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

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