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Issue: World's Finest Comics #255
Publication Date: February 1979
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Issues: #255 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: 11/07/1978
Volume: 38
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893073003
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #162.
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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 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; Captain Marvel; Black Canary; Green Arrow; The Creeper
First Line: I'm helpless! The living Bat-God is destroying Superman!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSuper Action Album #1980 [18] published ?
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #24/1980 published November 1980
as Grüner Pfeil und Blitzschwalbe in einem spannenden Abenteuer! [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #26/1980 published December 1980
as Wer ist der echte Batman? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: C-908
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Green Arrow; Superman; Batman; The Creeper; Black Canary; Marvel Family [Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5618
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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Thou Shalt Have No Other Batman Before Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Superman; Lana Lang; Morgan Edge; Thomas Wayne; Jud Dugan; Paul Wainwright; John Wainwright
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #26/1980 published December 1980
as Der Batman Nummer eins - Teil 1: Die Panne [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #26/1980 published December 1980
as Der Batman Nummer eins - Teil 2: Auf nach Westen, Held! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #26/1980 published December 1980
as Der Batman Nummer eins - Teil 3: Gitchka [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: J-5624
Disclose Notes: The story has separate chapter titles: Part 1 - This Cape This Cowl!; Part 2 - Go West, Super-Hero!; Part 3 - Sleeper... Awake!
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Nothing but a Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Canary; Green Arrow; Clark Kent; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Wonder Woman; Aquaman; Supergirl; Carol Ferris; Ralph Halstead; Jack Major; Thaddeus Cable
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: J-5332
Disclose Notes: Oliver finally runs for election as a mayoral candidate.
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Furious Fran and the Dagger Lady

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Creeper
Character(s): The Creeper; Fran Daye; Dagger Lady; Lulu Trane; Sam Hagen
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn] published May 2010
as Furious Fran and the Danger Lady [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-5567
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Dreamdancer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Bulletman (origin recapped); Bulletgirl (origin recapped); Marvel Family [Captain Marvel; Mary Marvel]; Dreamdancer; Sterling Morris; Mrs. Bromfield; Leo Thorn
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #23/1980 published November 1980
as Traumtänzerin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: J-5551
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World's Finest Preview Page

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman; Hawkgirl; Superman; Batman; Captain Marvel; Black Canary; Green Arrow; Black Lightning
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5929
Disclose Notes: Preview page for next issue.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-203
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Letters of comment from Djan Kovacevic, Donald G. Shelton and Daren Goodhart.

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