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Issue: World's Finest Comics #269

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Publication Date: June 1981

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Issues: #269 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 03/05/1981

Volume: 41

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.00 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sales date from Copyright Office, sourced by Mike's Amazing World.

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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:

Variants2

World's Finest Comics #269 [Direct]

World's Finest Comics #269 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In9

5 Content Items

reprinted 9 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Statement of Ownership

Content Items (13 total)

Buried Alive!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Ka-El]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Red Tornado

First Line: Did you find the Batman?

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-573

Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/. It seems that Buckler's signature was made by Giordano (same "R").

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.75

Job Number: L-747

Notes: Inside front cover. Letters of comment from T. M. Maple and Jeff Albrecht.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.25

Notes: Inside front cover. Paid circulation: average 77,000; latest issue 78,000.

Buried Alive!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bob Tobias; Ed Wiley; Morgan Edge; Jimmy Olsen

First Line: At first, when you wake, you're certain you must still be dreaming.

Synopsis: Superman and Robin are wondering where Batman is when Ed Wiley, wearing a shirt covered in TNT and standing on the top of Metropolis Bridge, announces he has captured Batman and demands ten million dollars ransom. After Wiley blows himself up, partially catching Robin in the blast, it is up to Superman to interpret Wiley's last words and find Batman, but the escape artist has already freed himself from being buried alive.

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In Content Item: Flag

Superman Taschenbuch #36 published January 1981
as Lebendig begraben [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Gigant #1/1983 published January 1983
as Levende begravd [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Batman: The Strange Deaths of Batman #[nn] published March 2009
as Buried Alive! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 14

Job Number: J-7159

Escape Me...Never!!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; George Taylor Jr.; Mercedes De Diego; Roberto; Capitan Carranzas

First Line: Sun, sand, sea... San Felipe!

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #19/1981 published September 1981
as Verfänglicher Charme! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Gigant #5/1982 published January 1982
as Et paradis med slanger [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Job Number: J-7208

...I Must Go Home Again!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Hyanthis (flashback); unnamed Thanagarians; Adam Strange (flashback); Alanna Strange (flashback); unnamed Wingmen; Doctor Jymbi

First Line: Polaris! On Earth it is known as the North Star! But it is the life-giving sun for the world of Thanagar...

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In Content Item: Flag

Superman Extra #5 published January 1982
as ...zurück in die Heimat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Superman Extra #5 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Story continues in the next issue.

All The Bits and Pieces of My Life

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Red Tornado [John Smith]; Arnold Tracy; Madame Redclaw; Harold; Irving; Oswald

First Line: A modest workman's tool table, with the kind of equipment you might find on the bench of any electronics or computer hobbiest...

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In Content Item: Flag

Roter Blitz #2/1983 published February 1983
as Ein Roboter braucht Hilfe [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Job Number: J-7232

Sabbac Strikes Back!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sabbac [Tim Karnes]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Satan; Any; Belial; Beelzebub; Asmodeus; Craeteis

First Line: No one can defeat the sea-- not even Captain Marvel Jr!

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In Content Item: Flag

Grüne Leuchte #9/1982 published September 1982
as Sabbac schlägt zurück! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Notes: Return of Sabbac. Spotlight on Captain Marvel, Jr.

DC Profile #72

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: biography

Feature(s): DC Profile

First Line: DC spaceman Adam Strange travels 25 trillion miles everytime he visits the planet Rann.

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Pages: 0.4

Notes: Inside back cover. At Daily Planet Feature Page. Profile about Laurie Sutton.

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Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: biography

Feature(s): Ask the Answer Man!

First Line: Q: What is the weakness of Sinestro's ring?

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.25

Notes: Inside back cover. Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.

On Sale March 5th

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

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Direct Currents

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Inside back cover. Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page. Information about DC comics on sale at March 5th.

[untitled]

Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): ]Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]

First Line: Look--in that World War One bi-plane! It's DC battle ace Steve Savage!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.1

Volume 81 Issue 3 - March, 1981

In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: Double-barrel Green Lantern excitement!

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Includes previews of Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #2, Green Lantern #141, Ghosts #101, Unexpected #211, Secrets of Haunted House #37, Legion of Super-Heroes #276 and Adventure Comics #482 (Dial H for Hero).