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Issue: World's Finest Comics #242
Publication Date: December 1976
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Issues: #242 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: 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)
Editor(s):  
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
Format Notes:  
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The Town of Timeless Killers!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Superman, Jr.; Batman, Jr.; Belle Dubois
Reprinting
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)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-319
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The Muse

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman, Jr.; Batman, Jr.; Kid Bowie; Jack Slade; "Lever" Monroe; Superman (in flashback); Batman (in flashback); Belle Dubois [also as Susie Wells]
Synopsis: 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.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #9/1977 published April 1977
as Das Tal der Teuflischen : Teil 1 - Trio der Angst [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #9/1977 published April 1977
as Das Tal der Teuflischen : Teil 2 - Der böse Spuk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #9/1977 published April 1977
as Das Tal der Teuflischen : Teil 2 - Im Rachen des Todes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: 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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: B-2890
Disclose Notes: 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.
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[untitled]

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

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

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