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Issue: World's Finest Comics #254
Publication Date: December 1978
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Issues: #254 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: 09/12/1978
Volume: 38
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893073001
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #160.
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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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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Superman; Sinestro; Batman; Green Arrow; Black Canary; The Creeper; Captain Marvel
First Line: Wake up, Batman--! Or your nightmare of Sinestro destroying the world will come true!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #7/1979 published January 1979
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: C-861
Disclose Notes: Wrap-around cover.
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World's Finest Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Letterer(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Creeper; Captain Marvel [Shazam]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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Whom Gods Would Destroy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Sinestro (villain); Batman; Superman; Doc Willard; George "Gorilla Boss" Dyke (flashback); Qward
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #7/1979 published January 1979
as Gelber Tod aus dem All [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #7/1979 published January 1979
as Sieben Millionen Geiseln [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #7/1979 published January 1979
as Die letzte Vision [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
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Primeval Scream!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Trevor von Eeden
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Canary
Character(s): Green Arrow; Black Canary; The Glorn (origin)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-5415
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The Race Is in the Running

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Trevor von Eeden
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Clem Robins
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow; Speedy (flashback)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #7/1979 published January 1979
as Schatten der Vergangenheit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-5414
Disclose Notes: Shows the fate of the old Arrow Car.
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Beware Mr. Wrinkles!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Ditko
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Creeper
Character(s): The Creeper; Mr. Wrinkles; Ben Briely; Dump; Atlas Adonis; Mr. Muscles
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn] published May 2010
as Beware Mr. Wrinkles! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-5471
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The Devil and Capt. Marvel

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): Shelly Leferman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Marvel Family [Captain Marvel; Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel, Jr.]; Spy Smasher (cameo); Bulletman (cameo); Bulletgirl (cameo); Ibis (cameo); Mr. Scarlet (cameo); Pinky (cameo); Minute Man (cameo); Shazam; Satan (villain); Antaeus (villain); Medea (villain); Old Age (villain); Legion (villain); Abaddon (villain); Ebenezer Batson; Sterling Morris
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: J-5433
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Answer Man
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Job Number: F-16
Disclose Notes: This is the top part of "The DC Feature Page."
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Number 44 Howard Chaykin

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Kupperberg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): DC Profiles
Character(s): Howard Chaykin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: This is the bottom part of "The DC Feature Page."

Part of a series of 90 profiles of writers, artists and other DC staff that ran in DC titles sporadically from May 1977 to March 1982.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From the World's Finest Fans
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-151
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Includes letters of comment from Wallace L. Hopkins, Mark Waid, and Thomas Krasker.

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