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Issue: World's Finest Comics #217
Publication Date: April 1973
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Issues: #217 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/15/1973
Volume: 33
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Superman and Batman team-ups resume.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #93.
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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 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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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
 
 
Assets2
Indicia
 
 
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Heroes with Dirty Hands

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Metamorpho
First Line: I've taken the best half from Superman and Batman!
Synopsis: As the new Composite Superman, Metamorpho bests Superman and Batman.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1658
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Heroes with Dirty Hands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Metamorpho; Java; Simon Stagg; Sapphire Stagg; Commissioner Gordon; Rastinyak
First Line: In a vast gleaming laboratory complex beneath a great mansion, a bizarre figure flexes powerful muscles before a reflecting surface...
Synopsis: Due to Java's interference in an experiment, Metamorpho becomes the new Composite Superman, a Super Freak. Due to jealousy Superman and Batman defect to Slavia.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann og Lynvingen-ekstra album #1 published January 1974
as Helter med skitne hender [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #6 published January 1976
as Helden mit schmutzigen Händen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #6 published January 1976
as Teil 1 - Geburt des Supermonsters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #6 published January 1976
as Teil 2 - Der große Verrat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #6 published January 1976
as Teil 3 - Grosser Gegner Angst [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22.33
Job Number: B-1617
Disclose Notes: Bottom third of sequence page 7 is DC House Ad for G.I. Combat and Four Star Battle Tales. Bottom third of last page of sequence is the Statement of Ownership.
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Exploding Battle Action in the DC Tradition!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): DC Comics; G.I. Combat; Four-Star Battle Tales
Character(s): The Haunted Tank; Lt. Johnny Cloud
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: DC Comics house ad for G.I. Combat and Four-Star Battle Tales. Reproduces the cover illustrations for G.I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #160 (April 1973) and Four-Star Battle Tales (DC, 1973 series) #2 (April-May 1973). Lower third of page 7 of previous story.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Act of August 12, 1970: Section 3685, Title 39, United States Code)

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.34
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1st, 1972. Paid circulation: 234,878 (average); 249,956 (nearest). Lower third of page 23 of previous story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Murphy Anderson (in self-portrait)
First Line: Hooh-hah! Looks like we latched onto something with the sons of Supey and Batman, judging from the initial response.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1653
Disclose Notes: Provides a continuation from the previous issue of a self-portrait and biography of Murphy Anderson.

Choice comments from Bob Rozakis, Scott Paton, Walter Jahnke, Barry Lee Zlochower, Gerard Triano, Michael Callahan, David Soltero, "Arky", Alan Frieman, Richard Morrissey and John Prince.

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