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Issue: World's Finest Comics #257
Publication Date: June 1979
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Issues: #257 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: 03/06/1979
Volume: 39
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893073007
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #166.
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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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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Green Arrow; Maudy; Black Lightning; Captain Marvel; Hawkman; Hawkgirl
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #22/1979 published October 1979
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: C-966
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover.
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World's Finest

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-6003
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Innocent Who Hated!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Maudy; Dr. Wanyoc; Mercenaries, Inc.
First Line: Suddenly, Metropolis is quiet…
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #22/1979 published October 1979
as Du sollst nicht hassen ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: J-5908
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Death Ransom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Tobias Whale (villain); The 100 (villain); Tabitha Katt (villain)
First Line: It is the dark time…
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-5900
Disclose Notes: Continues from previous issue's Green Arrow story.
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Time Keeps on Killing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Clock King [William Tockman] (villain, origin recounted); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Nate Petersen; Dr. Merlis; Speedy [Roy Harper] (flashback)
First Line: I been working in Star Tower for goin’ on forty years now…
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #21/1979 published October 1979
as Zeit ist Mord [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #1398 published December 1982
as El Tiempo Sigue Matando [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-5983
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Attack of the In-and-Out Invaders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Mavis Trent; Darwin Abernathy; Malachi Mills
First Line: High over the sprawling streets of Midway City…
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #20/1979 published September 1979
as Angriff aus der Aktentasche [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-5834
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The Invincible Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): The Invincible Man [Mr. Mind] (villain); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana; King Kull; Captain Nazi; Teth-Adam; Miss Jameson; Whitey Murphy
First Line: Looks like Captain Marvel us fighting a villain who’s as strong…
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: J-5890
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hawkgirl; Superman; Batman; Captain Marvel; Black Canary; Green Arrow; Black Lightning; Hawkman (all in masthead)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-256
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Letters of comment from Michael Burkhalter, Scott Gibson and Micheal N. Tierstein.

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