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Issue: World's Finest Comics #221
Publication Date: January 1974
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Issues: #221 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/16/1973
Volume: 34
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #100.
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted In7
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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
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Superman, Jr.; Batman, Jr.
First Line: Your kid's wasting his time!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #8/1974 published April 1974
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons #[nn] published February 2007
as World's Finest Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons #[nn] published February 2007
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]illustration from cover, modified
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1890
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Cry Not for My Forsaken Son!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Batman, Jr.; Superman, Jr.; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Danny Orr; Jack Orr; Mark King; Anne King (in flashback); Brazos
Synopsis: The super-sons meet Danny Orr when he takes someone else's car for a joyride after he finds out his father is really his adopted father. When his newly-discovered father, Mark King, sends him to his Central American emerald mine, Danny, Superman, Jr., and Batman, Jr. discover the kind of man Mark King is.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #8/1974 published April 1974
as Smaragde und blutige Tränen - Teil 1 - Die Klauen des Tigers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #8/1974 published April 1974
as Smaragde und blutige Tränen - Teil 2 - Rendevouz auf der Totesinsel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #8/1974 published April 1974
as Smaragde und blutige Tränen - Teil 3 - Nur ein Held [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons #[nn] published February 2007
as Cry Not for My Forsaken Son! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: B-1809
Disclose Notes: The wives of Superman and Batman appear in this story, but their identities are not made clear. The story also has three separate chapter titles: Part I - Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth; Part 2 - Rendezvous on Massacre Island; Part 3 - Just an Ordinary Hero.
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Here Comes the Comics-Man!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Article about the DC Comicmobile driving through neighborhoods like an ice cream truck and selling comic books.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1882
Disclose Notes: Includes a letter from Bob Rozakis and a reply to a story point from Bob Haney.

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