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Issue: DC Special Series #23
Publication Date: February 1981
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Issues: #23 of 27 Issues (32 Printings)
Title: World's Finest Comics Digest
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 5
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S. (#1-17, 20-22); digest (#18, 19, 23, 24); tabloid (#25-27)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-17, 20-22, 25-27); squarebound (#18, 19, 23, 24)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Job Number: C-518
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World's Finest Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Composite Superman, Part I

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Composite Superman [Joe Meach]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Sun Boy]
Synopsis: A freak accident gives Joe Meach the powers of the entire Legion of Super-Heroes and he becomes the Composite Superman.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #142 published June 1964
was Part I: The Composite Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
Job Number: J-7136
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Part II: The Battle between Titans!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Composite Superman [Joe Meach]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis: Composite Superman threatens to reveal Superman and Batman's identity if they don't retire.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #142 published June 1964
was Part I: The Composite Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Menace of the Mechanical Octopus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Synopsis: Crooks are using a mechanical octopus to commit robberies.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #97 published October 1958
was The Menace of the Mechanical Octopus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Day Aquaman Lost His Powers

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #137 published November 1963
was The Day Aquaman Lost His Powers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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The Has-Been Superman!

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #178 published September 1968
was The Has-Been Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
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Part II: Exit Superman -- Enter Nova!

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #178 published September 1968
was The Has-Been Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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[Part III] Superman's Perfect Crime!

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #180 published November 1968
was Superman's Perfect Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Part IV: Socrates Seeks a Secret!

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #180 published November 1968
was Superman's Perfect Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The World's Finest Features

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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World's Finest Comics Digest

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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