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Issue: World's Finest Comics #249
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/15/1977
Volume: 38
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893073003
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #150.
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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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Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman; The Phantom Stranger; Wonder Woman (inset); Black Canary (inset); Green Arrow (inset); Creeper (inset)
This man's been attacked-- By a vampire!
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Miscellaneous
1
C-618
Mera Meets the Manta Men

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Aquaman; Mera; Aqualad
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. Comic strip advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies.
Hot Off the Press--

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Creeper
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Miscellaneous
1
J-4569
Creeper image taken from page 8, panel one of story.
The Vampire of Steel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Superman; The Phantom Stranger; Captain Kalamari
Reprinting
FlagSuperman Pocketbook #3 published January 1978
as The Vampire of Steel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #12 [unnamed variant] published January 1978
as Der Supervampir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
20
J-4944
The story has separate chapter titles: Part 1 - (no separate chapter title); Part 2 - Beware the Nega Realm, My Child...; Part 3 - Vampire Bait.
Will the Costume Make the Hero?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Hellgrammite; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Lieutenant Mack Morgan
Reprinting
FlagSuper Adventure Album #12 published January 1978
as Will The Costume Make The Hero? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman Superband #12 published January 1980
as Ein Kostüm macht noch keinen Helden! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
20
Superman Movie Report

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Michael Petrou
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Text article with photograph.
Moon Lady and the Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
The Creeper; Moon Lady; The Monster [Abe Keeler]; Fran Daye; Sam Hagen; Ames Vone; Ike Keller
Reprinting
FlagThe Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn] published May 2010
as Moon Lady and the Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
J-4857
Continued from the strip in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #445-447.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
L-806
Letters of comment from Kevin J. Dooley and Stuart Snyder.
A Fire in the Sky!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman; Dr. Psycho (origin); Oragon; Joan White; General Britwell; Steve Trevor; General Blankenship; Easy Company [Sergeant Rock; Bulldozer]; The Krell
With Sgt Rock, as they battle Dr. Psycho (origin) in the WWII setting.
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Miscellaneous
15
J-4807
Volume 77 Issue 46 - Week of November 14, 1977

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Previews Teen Titans #53 and others.

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