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Issue: World's Finest Comics #226
Publication Date: November 1974
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Issues: #226 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/15/1974
Volume: 34
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #109.
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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 In13
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The Freak Who Never Fails

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Superman; Metamorpho; Sandman; Sandy; Deadman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #126 published January 1975
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #1/1977 published January 1977
as Dobbeltgjengeren [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #1/1977 published January 1977
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]Förstoring av huvudbilden på det amerikanska omslaget.
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2280
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman; Batman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2222
Disclose Notes: Figures taken from the cover of World's Finest Comics #79.
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The Freak Who Never Fails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Metamorpho; Superman; Batman; El Jefe; Simon Stagg; Sapphire Stagg; Java; Julio Diego
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #126 published January 1975
as The Freak Who Never Fails [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #1/1977 published January 1977
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #1/1977 published January 1977
as Supermann og Lynvingen ...gjør en kjempetabbe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #48 [Direct Sales] published May 1984
as Mission to Mariposa (Part 1 of "The Freak Who Never Fails") [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #48 [Direct Sales] published May 1984
as The Germ Bomb (Part 2 of "The Freak Who Never Fails") [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #48 [Direct Sales] published May 1984
as Even Dictators Die (Part 3 of "The Freak Who Never Fails") [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: B-2114
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The Tricks of Metamorpho's Trade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Metamorpho (origin); Batman; Simon Stagg; Sapphire Stagg; Java
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #126 published January 1975
as Tricks of Metamorphos Trade [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #6 published January 1976
as Die tollen Tricks des Metamorpho [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #48 [Direct Sales] published May 1984
as The Tricks of Metamorpho's Trade [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Secret Origins #[nn] published October 2004
as The Tricks of Metamorpho's Trade [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-2228
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I Hate the Sandman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sandman; Sandy
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #87 published August 1943
was I Hated the Sandman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: B-2128
Disclose Notes: Original title: "I Hated the Sandman!"
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-2217
Disclose Notes: Includes a Tex Blaisdell bio and caricature.
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The Genius Who Fought Himself

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Eclipso
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2224
Disclose Notes: Recap of Eclipso's origin.
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Eclipso's Amazing Ally!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bruce Gordon; Eclipso; Pofessor Bennett; Mona Bennett
Synopsis: Eclipso builds a robot Eclipso to fool Bruce Gordon but when the robot Eclipso traps Bruce and Professor Bennett and tries to kill them, Eclipso must help them escape.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #63 published November 1963
was Eclipso's Amazing Ally! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Job Number: B-2223
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The Crime Collector

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robotman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #194 published April 1953
was The Crime Collector [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-2225
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What Makes a Corpse Cry?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Deadman [Boston Brand]; Rama Kushna; Tiny; Liz Martin; Rocky Manzel; Paul
Synopsis: While trying to find his killer, Boston Brand checks on Rocky Manzel who once threatened to kill him. Boston stops Rocky and his band of counterfeiters.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #207 published December 1967
was What Makes a Corpse Cry? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: B-2334?
Disclose Notes: Story across 17 pages in two parts of 5.5 and 10.5 pages.
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World's Fun-est Puzzle #2

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: P-33
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The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter; Professor Mark Erdel
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #225 published November 1955
was The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: N-605
Disclose Notes: Reprints the first Martian Manhunter story.

Samachson is current DC credit, as seen in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1.
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The Case of the Magic Baseball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #226 published December 1955
was The Case of the Magic Baseball [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-2227
Disclose Notes: Reprints the second Martian Manhunter story.

Labelled "Part Two" here.

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