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Issue: World's Finest Comics #242
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 09/21/1976
Volume: 36
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893073012
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #135.
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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
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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
 
 
The Town of Timeless Killers!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman; Superman, Jr.; Batman, Jr.; Belle Dubois
Reprinting
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)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
C-319
The Muse

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Muse
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Comic strip advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes on inside front cover.
Town of the Timeless Killers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman, Jr.; Batman, Jr.; Kid Bowie; Jack Slade; "Lever" Monroe; Superman (in flashback); Batman (in flashback); Belle Dubois [also as Susie Wells]
The super-sons stumble into a ghost town where Clark, Jr. has no powers and they are hunted by four characters from the Old West. But Superboy, Jr. figures out a way to momentarily restore his powers and haul the desperadoes to justice.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #9/1977 published April 1977
as Das Tal der Teuflischen : Teil 1 - Trio der Angst [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman #9/1977 published April 1977
as Das Tal der Teuflischen : Teil 2 - Der böse Spuk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman #9/1977 published April 1977
as Das Tal der Teuflischen : Teil 2 - Im Rachen des Todes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons #[nn] published February 2007
as Town of the Timeless Killers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Feature bannered as "The Super Sons of Superman and Batman" on splash page. The story also has three separate chapter titles: Part 1 - Trio of Fear; Part 2 - He Whom Evil Fights; Part 3 - The Epitaph That Saved a Superman. The entire Super Sons of Superman and Batman series is explained away in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #263, though there is an additional Super Sons story later in Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
L-535
Letters of comment from Scott Gibson, Mike White and Tom R. Corrigan.
Volume 76 Issue 21 - Week of September 20, 1976

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Includes preview of Super-Team Family #8 and others. Has Trivia Quiz #21.

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