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Issue: World's Finest Comics #156

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Publication Date: March 1966

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Issues: #156 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: Superman DC National Comics

Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 01/25/1966

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)

Notes: Go-Go Checks begin; First Direct Currents ad page.

On-sale date from ad in Sea Devils #28 and copyright registration.

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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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1 Content Item
- The Puzzle of the Perilous Planetoid [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Statement of Ownership

Content Items (11 total)

The F. B. I. ...The Federation of Bizarro Idiots!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder

Character(s): Bizarro; Bizarro Batman; Joker

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Pages: 1

Notes: No Superman or Batman on cover (Bizarro versions).

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/).

Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Schiff

Penciller(s): Bernard Baily

Inker(s): Bernard Baily

Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Also in May 1959 issues.

The Federation of Bizarro Idiots! Part I

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton (pages 2-8); E. Nelson Bridwell (page 1)

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 [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bizarro; Bizarro Batman (introduction); Joker; Jimmy Olsen

Synopsis: While Superman and Batman are away on a space mission, Bizarro and Bizarro Batman come to Earth to take their place.

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Pages: 8

Notes: writer credit verified by Bridwell

[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: anthropomorphic, humorous, superhero

Feature(s): Super-Turtle

Character(s): Super-Turtle

First Line: Lefty Looie! At last I found you.

Synopsis: Super-Turtle captures Lefty Looie and begins to fly him to California, where he is wanted by the police. When the crook says he gets air sick, Super-Turtle brings him across country underground.

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Pages: 0.67

Notes: Between parts 1 and 2 of first story.

[untitled]

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Irwin Donenfeld

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: publisher: National Periodical Publications
575 Lexington Ave
New York, NY
Editor:Mort Weisinger
Owners: Estate of Harry Donenfeld; Jack Liebowitz; P. Sampliner; Irwin Donenfeld; S. Sampliner; Sonia Iger.
No Sales figures. Statement of ownership was reprinted in World's Finest #158 with sales figures.

[The Federation of Bizarro Idiots!] Part II: I Was an Idiot for the F. B. I.

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton (pages 9-10, 15-18); E. Nelson Bridwell (pages 11-14 )

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 [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy Olsen; Vicki Vale; Bizarro; Bizarro Batman; Joker

Synopsis: Bizarro and Bizarro Batman, trying to undo the deeds done by Superman and Batman, free Joker from prison so he can commit a robbery.

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Pages: 9.67

Introducing the Challenger Corps!

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

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: House ad with cover for Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 Series) #49.

[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): Cap's Hobby Center

First Line: Here's a great model airplane.

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Pages: 0.5

[untitled]

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

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Direct Currents

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Pages: 0.5

The Puzzle of the Perilous Planetoid

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Otto Binder

Penciller(s): Jim Mooney

Inker(s): Jim Mooney

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Joe Letterese

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Editors' Round Table; Tommy Tomorrow

Character(s): Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood

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From Content Item: Flag

Action Comics #243 published August 1958
was The Puzzle of the Perilous Planetoid [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Cape and Cowl Comments

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from Russ Abernathy, Thomas Ramsay, Gary Williamson, Jerry Jablonski, Mary McKee, Pat Bennett, Ken Cramer, Tim Harley, Chip DeLamater, Marty Yates.