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Issue: World's Finest Comics #256
Publication Date: April 1979
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Issues: #256 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/09/1979
Volume: 38
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893073005
Price: $100.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #164.
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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, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
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, Wraparound
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Lar-On; Sandy Terry; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Green Arrow; Black Lightning; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
First Line: Stop the experiment!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSuper Action Album #19 published March 1981
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: C-934
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Character(s): Black Lightning; Batman; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Hawkman; Hawkwoman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5931
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Werewolf of Krypton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lar-On (introduction); Phantom Zone inhabitants [General Zod]; Professor Jeremiah Terry; Sandy Terry
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #20 published January 1979
as Der Werwolf von Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Job Number: J-5865
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Encounter with a Dark Avenger!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow
Character(s): Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Tobias Whale
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-5635
Disclose Notes: Lead-in to Black Lightning strip next issue.
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The Night the Cry Failed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Jose Delbo
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Canary
Character(s): Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: in Superman, Serie Águila (Editorial Novaro, 1977 series) #2-1390 (3 noviembre 1982)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-5835
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Prey of the Harpies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Englehart
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (uncredited); Jack C. Harris (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
Character(s): Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Harpies
Synopsis: Vs the Harpies from Hawkman #8.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #2/1980 published February 1980
as Beute der Harpies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3044
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story was purchased by Schwartz to be run in Detective Comics, but the feature was moved to World's Finest Comics.

Story continues from the Showcase #101-103 run.
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The Gamester's Death Wager!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Don Newton
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino; Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; The Gamester; Merrill Batson; Jocelyn Batson; Miss Jameson
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #3/1980 published January 1980
as Die Todeswette des Spielers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: J-5843
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris [as JCH]
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration)
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From the World's Finest Fans
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Job Number: L-233
Disclose Notes: On inside of back cover. Letters of comment from Mike Bates and Mike Fedik.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Gutowitz
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Circulation statement: 85,000 average; 63,000 latest.

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