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Issue: World's Finest Comics #226
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
On Sale Date: 08/15/1974
Volume: 34
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #109.
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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:  
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
The Freak Who Never Fails

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Superman; Metamorpho; Sandman; Sandy; Deadman
Reprinting
FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #126 published January 1975
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagGigant #1/1977 published January 1977
as Dobbeltgjengeren [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagGigant #1/1977 published January 1977
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]Förstoring av huvudbilden på det amerikanska omslaget.
 
Miscellaneous
1
B-2280
[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Superman; Batman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
B-2222
Figures taken from the cover of World's Finest Comics #79.
The Freak Who Never Fails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Metamorpho; Superman; Batman; El Jefe; Simon Stagg; Sapphire Stagg; Java; Julio Diego
Reprinting
FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #126 published January 1975
as The Freak Who Never Fails [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #1/1977 published January 1977
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #1/1977 published January 1977
as Supermann og Lynvingen ...gjør en kjempetabbe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Best of DC #48 [Direct Sales] published May 1984
as Mission to Mariposa (Part 1 of "The Freak Who Never Fails") [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Best of DC #48 [Direct Sales] published May 1984
as The Germ Bomb (Part 2 of "The Freak Who Never Fails") [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Best of DC #48 [Direct Sales] published May 1984
as Even Dictators Die (Part 3 of "The Freak Who Never Fails") [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
20
B-2114
The Tricks of Metamorpho's Trade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Metamorpho (origin); Batman; Simon Stagg; Sapphire Stagg; Java
Reprinting
FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #126 published January 1975
as Tricks of Metamorphos Trade [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Superband #6 published January 1976
as Die tollen Tricks des Metamorpho [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Best of DC #48 [Direct Sales] published May 1984
as The Tricks of Metamorpho's Trade [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWeird Secret Origins #[nn] published October 2004
as The Tricks of Metamorpho's Trade [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
B-2228
I Hate the Sandman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Sandman; Sandy
Reprinting
FlagAdventure Comics #87 published August 1943
was I Hated the Sandman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
B-2128
Original title: "I Hated the Sandman!"
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
B-2217
Includes a Tex Blaisdell bio and caricature.
The Genius Who Fought Himself

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Eclipso
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
B-2224
Recap of Eclipso's origin.
Eclipso's Amazing Ally!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Bruce Gordon; Eclipso; Pofessor Bennett; Mona Bennett
Eclipso builds a robot Eclipso to fool Bruce Gordon but when the robot Eclipso traps Bruce and Professor Bennett and tries to kill them, Eclipso must help them escape.
Reprinting
FlagHouse of Secrets #63 published November 1963
was Eclipso's Amazing Ally! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11.67
B-2223
The Crime Collector

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Robotman
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #194 published April 1953
was The Crime Collector [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
B-2225
What Makes a Corpse Cry?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
occult, superhero
Deadman [Boston Brand]; Rama Kushna; Tiny; Liz Martin; Rocky Manzel; Paul
While trying to find his killer, Boston Brand checks on Rocky Manzel who once threatened to kill him. Boston stops Rocky and his band of counterfeiters.
Reprinting
FlagStrange Adventures #207 published December 1967
was What Makes a Corpse Cry? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
16
B-2334?
Story across 17 pages in two parts of 5.5 and 10.5 pages.
World's Fun-est Puzzle #2

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
P-33
The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter; Professor Mark Erdel
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #225 published November 1955
was The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
N-605
Reprints the first Martian Manhunter story.

Samachson is current DC credit, as seen in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1.
The Case of the Magic Baseball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #226 published December 1955
was The Case of the Magic Baseball [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
B-2227
Reprints the second Martian Manhunter story.

Labelled "Part Two" here.

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