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Issue: World's Finest Comics #141
Publication Date: May 1964
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Issues: #141 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/12/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #76 and copyright registration.

With new editor Mort Weisinger, Edmond Hamilton and Curt Swan begin a long run of Superman-Batman stories and the Aquaman and Green Arrow back-ups are replaced with a variety of reprints.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then 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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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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The Olsen-Robin Team vs "The Superman-Batman Team!"

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy Olsen
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder #1 published March 2008
as World's Finest Comics #141 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #2 published December 2008
as World's Finest Comics #141 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Roman War Soldiers
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Olsen-Robin Team Versus "The Superman-Batman Team!" Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White; Professor Potter [as Dr. Dannifer] (inventor)
Synopsis: A mad scientist's Future Predictor, after accurately predicting several incidents, alarms Batman and Superman when it says that Robin and Jimmy will soon die.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #225 published September 1974
as The Olsen-Robin Team Versus "The Superman-Batman Team!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant Jimmy Olsen Album #13 published October 1975
as The Olsen-Robin Team Vs the Superman-Batman Team [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEven More Secret Origins #[nn] published August 2003
as The Olsen-Robin Team versus "The Superman-Batman Team!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder #1 published March 2008
as The Olsen-Robin Team Versus "The Superman-Batman Team!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #2 published December 2008
as The Olsen-Robin Team Vs. the "Superman-Batman Team"! (part 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Batman has the old look costume on the cover (no circle around the Bat symbol) in the story he has the new look costume with the yellow circle around the Bat symbol. This is the first New Look Batman. This was on the stands two weeks before Detective Comics #327. Title had quotes added. Page count changed from 17 to 8. Part 2 of story is sequence #3.
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Ride a Sea-Going Thunderbolt...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Capt. Storm
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Names Do Hurt!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Morris Waldinger ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Synopsis: You shouldn't make fun of people.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Part II: The Vengeance of Superman and Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy Olsen; Professor Potter [as Dr. Dannifer]; Supergirl [Kara] (cameo, flashback); Nightwing [Dick Grayson, (cameo, flashback); Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen] (cameo, flashback); Jimmy and Robin's Eyrie (introduction); Titano (villain, flashback); Dr. Carl Liden (physicist); unnamed criminals (villains)
Synopsis: Jimmy and Robin perpetrate an elaborate hoax against Superman and Batman because of a threat the pair have uncovered by several masterful criminals who have stolen a device called the De-Visor, rendering them invisible.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #225 published September 1974
as The Olsen-Robin Team Versus "The Superman-Batman Team!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant Jimmy Olsen Album #13 published October 1975
as The Olsen-Robin Team Vs the Superman-Batman Team [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEven More Secret Origins #[nn] published August 2003
as The Olsen-Robin Team versus "The Superman-Batman Team!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder #1 published March 2008
as The Olsen-Robin Team Versus "The Superman-Batman Team!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #2 published December 2008
as The Vengeance of Superman and Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Coming Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?; Mort Weisinger ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text page announcing new direction for World's Finest and a letters page in future issues.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Irresistible Lois Lane!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lois Lane
Character(s): Batman; Green Arrow; Aquaman; Lana Lang; Krypto; Perry White
Synopsis: A secret plan of the Justice League requires Lois to kiss Green Arrow, Aquaman and Batman much to the disgust of Lana Lang.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #29 published November 1961
was The Irresistible Lois Lane! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Surprise Feature
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 100 Magnets
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Bodybuilding Club
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Seed Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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