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Issue: World's Finest Comics #261
Publication Date: February 1980
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Issues: #261 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: 11/20/1979
Volume: 40
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893073003
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #174.
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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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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Showdown at Gotham City!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Terra-Man; The Penguin
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1980 published January 1980
as Das Duell um Mitternacht [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-253
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Showdown at Gotham City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (guest editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Penguin; Terra-Man; Superman; Batman; Ronni Irons
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1980 published January 1980
as Duell um Mitternacht [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #1/1981 published January 1981
as Oppgjør i Gotham City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3238
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris [as JCH]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From the World's Finest Fans
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-415
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Kent A. Phenis, Michael N. Tierstein and Gary Thompson.
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The Relativity of Auntie Gravity!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Alex Saviuk
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow and Black Canary
Character(s): Green Arrow; Black Canary; Auntie Gravity; Lt. Mack Morgan
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlack Canary #[nn] published January 1982
as The Relativity of Auntie Gravity [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #1414 published April 1983
as La Relatividad de Tía Gravedad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGrüne Leuchte #6/1983 published June 1983
as Die Schwerkraft-Tante! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6157
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Green Lantern vs Triclops Three-Eyed Keeper of the Cave

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement in comicstrip format for Hostess Twinkies.
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Return of the River Rat!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Penciller(s): Romeo Tanghal
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Doug Klein
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Lightning
Character(s): Black Lightning
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6295
Disclose Notes: Feature moves to Detective Comics with #490.
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Hawkman

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Eduardo Barreto [as Ed Barretto]
Inker(s): Dave Simons
Colorist(s): Todd Klein
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): JLA Databank Dossier
Character(s): Hawkman; Hawkgirl (origin); The Man-Hawks; Commissioner Emmett; Batman; Superman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Matter Master; The Gentleman Ghost; The Shadow Thief; Hyathis; Adam Strange; Alanna; Kanjar Ro
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #12/1980 published June 1980
was GLA Datenbank-Dossier: Falke [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-6343
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The Case of the Runaway Sculpture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Don Newton
Inker(s): Dave Hunt
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Georgia Sivana; Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (cameo); Mary Marvel]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #5/1983 published May 1983
as Ein Fall für Mary [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-6278
Disclose Notes: Spotlight on Mary Marvel.

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