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Issue: World's Finest Comics #158
Publication Date: June 1966
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Issues: #158 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: 04/26/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (credited); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor, uncredited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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 Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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The Invulnerable Super-Enemy!

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 with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Superman; Batman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #91 published March 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Invulnerable Super-Enemy! Part I: The Three Bottles of Danger!

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 with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Brainiac A (the first Brainiac, origin); Jimmy Olsen; Ron Farley
Synopsis: Jimmy Olsen and Robin discover three Kryptonian cities shrunken by Brainiac A, inhabited entirely by criminals.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #91 published March 1967
as The Invulnerable Super-Enemy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #3 published January 1981
as Drei Flaschen der Gefahr! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Your Free Trip Around the World!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): an old sea captain; two boys
Synopsis: After telling the boys some tales, the captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Part II: Brainiac and the Bottled Brigands

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 with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Brainiac A; Jimmy Olsen; Brainiac (flashback)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Super-Turtle
Character(s): Super-Turtle
First Line: A strange aircraft!
Synopsis: The military mistakes Super-Turtle for enemy aircraft, and begins firing anti-aircraft shells at him. Later, Super-Turtle hangs his picture alongside the other pictures of friendly aircraft so they won't make the same mistake again.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Hints
First Line: I always have trouble with the small parts on my model.
Synopsis: Tip on building a frame with cutout to stand in to catch accidentally dropped small model parts.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Magic Tablecloth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller
Penciller(s): Dan Barry
Inker(s): Sy Barry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon
Editor(s): Jack Schiff ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Editors' Round Table; Roy Raymond, TV Detective
Character(s): Roy Raymond
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #236 published October 1956
was The Magic Tablecloth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cape and Cowl Comments
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from John Pierce, Ezra Knight, Noelle Peterson, Ed Daley, David Whiting, Charles Armentano, Sonny Burke, Virgil Harris and Brian Mosehart.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Pete
First Line: Have a baseball, Sonny!
Synopsis: A businessman who fixes broken windows is giving away free baseballs to young boys.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Irwin Donenfeld
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Publisher: National Periodical Publications
575 Lexington Ave. NY, NY 10022
Editor: Mort Weisinger
Owners:Estate of H. Donenfeld, J. Liebowitz, P. Sampliner,Irwin Donenfeld, S. Sampliner, Sonia Iger. Avg Circ 465,842

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