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Issue: World's Finest Comics #279
Publication Date: May 1982
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Issues: #279 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: 02/02/1982
Volume: 42
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.30 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 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:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In3
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
Indicia
 
 
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #18/1982 published September 1982
as Superman und Batman gegen die Armee des Verbrechens! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-877
Disclose Notes: Art credits from The Comic Reader #199. Previous indexer credited Dick Giordano as inker.
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Kidnapped!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Turk Callahan (criminal); Henry Rupert; Hank; Sondra
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #18/1982 published September 1982
as Entführt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: J-7893
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The Hidden Soul of Harmony

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Paul Goodman; Herbie; Sonny;
Harmony [Laura Goodman; Donna; Jesse; Ralph; Randolph (on phone); others];
Out of Harmony (spies for Harmony)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-8076
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Pirates of the Spaceways!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Juli Qwane;
space pirates [Czemm; Drekk; Karniss Gorr (next issue spelled Gor); Qwesjun (also appears as Hawkwoman); Veneer] (first appearance of all)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #10 published January 1984
as Piraten der Unendlichkeit [Story on Interior Page(s)]S. 1, 8-15
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-8068
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When Bancroft Fisher Dies, Everybody Dies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Asklepios (Greek demi-god of medicine, summoned by Kid Eternity); Bancroft Fisher (villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-8086
Disclose Notes: Captain Marvel Jr. recognizes Kid Eternity as his deceased brother Kit.

Flashback to Captain Marvel Jr. (Fawcett, 1942 series) #2 (December 18, 1942), where Captain Marvel Jr. met Sherlock Holmes.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Job Number: L-993
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from T. M. Maple, Delmo Walters, Jr., and Melanie James.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Net press run:
Average number of copies during preceding 12 months = 230,006.
Actual number of copies of single issue nearest to filing date = 216,019.

Total distribution:
Average number of copies during preceding 12 months = 73,602.
Actual number of copies of single issue nearest to filing date = 62,907.

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