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Issue: World's Finest Comics #250
Publication Date: April 1978
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Issues: #250 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: 01/24/1978
Volume: 38
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893073005
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #152. On-sale date of January 26 in house ad in Justice League of America #153.
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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:  
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The Reality War!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Superman; Black Canary; Batman; The Creeper; Wonder Woman; Green Arrow
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAlmanaque de Férias de Super-Heróis #[nn] published January 1979backgrounds removed
In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest #128 published March 1979
In Content Item: FlagGigant #4/1981 published January 1981
as Kampen for virkeligheten [Illustration on Cover, Front]backgrounds removed
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-665
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World's Finest Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris ?
Penciller(s): George Tuska; Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Vince Colletta; Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Black Canary; Green Arrow; Wonder Woman; Creeper; Agent Axis
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4908
Disclose Notes: Creeper image taken from splash.
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The Reality War!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Alfred Pennyworth; Queen Hippolyta; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; The Creeper [Jack Ryder]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Wonder Woman (Earth 2, flashback); Agent Axis (flashback); The Ravager (Professor Ronsom, flashback); Superman (Earth 2, flashback); Professor Phineas Potter (flashback); President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Aquaman
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In Content Item: FlagGigant #4/1981 published January 1981
as Kampen for virkeligheten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 56
Job Number: J-4854
Disclose Notes: This story has multiple chapters.
Chapter One (15 pages): The Reality War! features Superman and Batman.
Chapter Two (16 pages): Collision With Destiny features Green Arrow, Black Canary and Wonder Woman.
Chapter Three (25 pages): The Ravager of Time features The World's Finest Team.
On page two a notice reads "with grateful acknowledgement for the stories of--H.G. Wells, Keith Laumer, Gardner Fox, Edmond Hamilton, Roy Thomas and Robert A. Heinlein"
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Joker; Hostess Fruit Pies
Character(s): The Joker
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic strip advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Return of the Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Ditko
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Clem Robins
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Creeper
Character(s): The Creeper [Jack Ryder] (origin retold); Angel Deviln; Mugsy Moore; Judge Holt; Dr. Yatz (flashback)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn] published May 2010
as Return Of The Past [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-4962
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris [as JCH]
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger; Jim Aparo
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger ?; Jim Aparo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From the World's Finest Fans
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-891
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Scott J. Lovine, Scott Gibson, Jeff Sporn and Ray Hamel.

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