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Issue: World's Finest Comics #172
Publication Date: December 1967
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Issues: #172 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: 10/26/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (3 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Superman and Batman -- Brothers!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): Jack Adler ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Clark Kent; Bruce Wayne; Ma Kent; Pa Kent
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #109 published September 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/). Originally credit to Ira Schnapp.
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Superman and Batman... Brothers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Herb Field ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Batboy [Bruce Wayne]; Martha Wayne (cameo); Thomas Wayne (cameo); Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Mrs. Swan; Superboy robots
Synopsis: The Kent's adopt Bruce Wayne when his parents are killed.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #109 published September 1968
as Superman and Batman Brothers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC's Greatest Imaginary Stories #[1] published October 2005
as Superman and Batman...Brothers! [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC's Greatest Imaginary Stories #[1] published October 2005
as [Superman and Batman...Brothers!, Part 2] Tragedy Strikes Twice! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino; Neal Adams (illustrations)
Inker(s): Neal Adams (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Hints
First Line: Cap showed me a neat way to pinstripe my model.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Idea from Bill Graff, Ridgefield Park, N.J. In between parts of story 1.
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Part II: Tragedy Strikes Twice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Herb Field ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Luthor; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Lex Luthor; Penguin (cameo); Adult Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Man]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan ? (illustration)
Inker(s): George Klein (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cape and Cowl Comments
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tank for Beach Green!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Editor(s): Robert Kanigher
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): The Editors' Round Table
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagOur Fighting Forces #12 published August 1956
was Tank for Beach Green! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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