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Issue: World's Finest Comics #272
Publication Date: October 1981
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Issues: #272 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/30/1981
Volume: 41
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.30 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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 Reprinted In4
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assault on the Fortress of Solitude!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): wraith-robots
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-688
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Letters of comment from Gary Thompson, Tim Wahowske, and Dave Elyea. Also contains Direct Currents listing of current comics on sale.
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Assault on the Fortress of Solitude!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jeremy Cole (reporter); Gobbler (criminal); Dr. Reinhold; wraith-robots
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #39 published January 1982
as Sturm auf die Festung der Einsamkeit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: J-7305
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A Bloody Crown for a Cold Corpse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Guardian Archers [Duke Denicha; others]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-7445
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"Drive" Me to the Moon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thanagarians
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #5 published January 1982
as Schlacht um den Mond [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-7449
Disclose Notes: Shayera decides she'd rather be called Hawkwoman than Hawkgirl.
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Winds of Change

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Robot Killer
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #1/1983 published January 1983
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Chain Lightning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Chain Lightning (first appearance, origin)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #8/1982 published August 1982
as Kettenblitz [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-7425
Disclose Notes: This entry in the series actually features all three logos on the title page.
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World's Fun-est Puzzle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.45
Disclose Notes: Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.
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DC Profile #78 Don Newton

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Don Newton
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Pachter
First Line: I'm looking forward to meeting the Wayne Foundation's administrative assistant, Bruce...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.15
Disclose Notes: Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.
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Volume 81 Issue 9 - July, 1981

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Includes previews of Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #195, Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #284, The The New Teen Titans (DC, 1980 series) #12, and others.

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