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Issue: World's Finest Comics #291

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Publication Date: May 1983

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Issues: #291 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 02/24/1983

Volume: 43

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893073005

Price: $0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Marv Wolfman (editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; 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

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Variants3

World's Finest Comics #291 [Direct]

World's Finest Comics #291 [CA Cover Price]

World's Finest Comics #291 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Walt Simonson (signed)

Inker(s): Walt Simonson (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman and Batman

Character(s): Superman; Batman; Stalagron

First Line: Flee, surface-dwellers!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-356

The Strange Saga of Stalagron

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Doug Moench

Penciller(s): Adrian Gonzales

Inker(s): Tony DeZuñiga

Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Editor(s): Marv Wolfman; Roger Slifer

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman and Batman

Character(s): Superman; Batman; Stalagron (origin)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 23

Job Number: J-8713

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Meanwhile...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Rozakis [as Ted P. Skimmer]

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): From the World's Finest Comics Fans

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1.75

Job Number: L-1310

Notes: Letters of comment from David Mercury, Brian Ahern, Kent A. Phenis, Dave Patterson, Patrick Craig, Jon Gruber, Franklin A. Crawford III, Delmo Walters Jr., Jef Peckham and Gary D. Robinson.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Paul Levitz

Letterer(s): typeset

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.25

Notes: 65,000 average paid circulation over the last year and 81,000 for the latest issue.