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Issue: World's Finest Comics #253
Publication Date: October 1978
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Issues: #253 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: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/18/1978
Volume: 38
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893073011
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Though the total page count went from 84 to 68 pages, starting with this issue there are no ads.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #158.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Superman; Princess Portia; Jon Relondas; Captain Marvel; Creeper; Green Arrow; Black Canary
First Line: Unmask! You've hidden under that cowl long enough!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1979 published January 1979
as Bruce Wayne heiratet [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: C-804
Disclose Notes: Wrap-around cover. Lettering credit per Todd Klein: https://kleinletters.com/1978Covers.html
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World's Finest Comics

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Marvel Family [Captain Marvel; Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel, Jr.]; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Black Canary; Green Arrow; Creeper
Synopsis: Wonder Woman notes the arrival of the Marvel Family to World's Finest Comics, while Black Canary wishes Wonder Woman good luck with her new feature in Adventure Comics.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5482
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Lettering credit per Todd Klein: https://kleinletters.com/1978Covers.html
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The Third Face is... Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Superman; Princess Portia [Julie Madison]; Doc Willard; Count Alexander Delos; General Lazlo
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1979 published January 1979
as Maskenspiel des Todes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1979 published January 1979
as Maskenspiel des Todes - Teil 1 : In geheimer Mission [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1979 published January 1979
as Maskenspiel des Todes - Teil 2 : Die Fratze des Teufels [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1979 published January 1979
as Maskenspiel des Todes - Teil 3 : Doch hinter den Masken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: J-5304
Disclose Notes: The story has separate chapter titles: Part I - Face of the Purloined Prince; Part II - Masquerade of Menace; Part III - Faces Behind the Masks.
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I Die Screaming

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow; Black Canary; The Glorn; Hawkman; Hawkgirl
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: J-5267; J-5268
Disclose Notes: Chapter One: When the Shrieking Stops...! (10 pages); Chapter Two: The Sound of Murder! (9 pages).
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The Creeper vs. the Wrecker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Creeper
Character(s): The Creeper; Sam Hagen; Fran Daye; Lola Bola
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn] published May 2010
as The Creeper vs. The Wrecker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-5315
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The Captain and the King!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Nazi (villain); King Kull (villain); Dr. Sivana (villain); Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Bulletman; Beautia; Magnificus; Sterling Morris; Ebenezer Batson; Satan (villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-5053
Disclose Notes: Strip generally features all of the Marvel Family cast. Story continued from Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #35.

On page #16 panel #3, Captain Marvel, Jr. (knocking out Captain Nazi) is incorrectly colored red as Captain Marvel. (Cap, meanwhile, is busy with Dr. Sivana.)












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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-110
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Letters of comment from Seth Spivak, Tony Edwards, Michael Wieczorek and Sam Harsh.

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