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Issue: World's Finest Comics #165

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Publication Date: March 1967

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Issues: #165 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: 01/26/1967

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.12 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (credited); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor, uncredited)

Notes: On-sale date from 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

Format Notes:

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- The Crown of Crime! [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- The Crown of Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From1

1 Content Item
- Interplanetary Swap Shop! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.

Images2

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets2

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Statement of Ownership

Content Items (9 total)

The Crown of Crime!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): George Klein

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin

Character(s): Superman; Batman

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman Supacomic #98 published October 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: no Robin on cover

The Crown of Crime!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Finger

Penciller(s): Al Plastino

Inker(s): Al Plastino

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Joe Letterese ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin

Character(s): Superman; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; King Wolff; Stony Snyder; Mitch Grinnell; Crusher Kopek

Synopsis: King Wolff, king of criminals, is dying and is looking to find his successor.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman Supacomic #98 published October 1967
as The Crown of Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: This is Finger's last story with Superman or Batman.

[untitled]

Activity 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: childrens, non-fiction

Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Hints

First Line: I'm making a neat model mount.

Synopsis: Using leftover plastic pieces and plaster of paris molded into a small block for a car mount.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Notes: Thanks to Andy Wong, Los Angeles, Cal.

Part II: The King Is Dead -- Long Live -- Which King?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Finger

Penciller(s): Al Plastino

Inker(s): Al Plastino

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Joe Letterese ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin

Character(s): Superman; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; King Wolff; Stony Snyder; Mitch Grinnell; Crusher Kopek

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

[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

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1.5

Notes: Letters of comment from Dee Sloan, Don DuFaux, Bill Neptune, Colin Jones, Brian Mette, Terence Hayes, Timmy Baranowski, Art Jones and Mike Griffin.

Interplanetary Swap Shop!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Sid Gerson

Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson

Inker(s): Joe Giella

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): The Editors' Round Table

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Strange Adventures #53 published February 1955
was Interplanetary Swap Shop! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Countdown on Excellence

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Schiff

Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff

Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp

Subject Matter

Genres: opinion

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

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

Credits

Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Direct Currents

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.67

[untitled]

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Irwin Donenfeld

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, sports

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.33

Notes: Published by : National Periodical Publications
575 Lexington Ave
NY, NY 10022
Edited by Mort Weisinger
Owners: Estate of Harry Donenfeld; Jack Liebowitz; P. Sampliner; I. Donenfeld, S. Sampliner, Sonia Mondschien
Avg Circ: 513,201