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Issue: World's Finest Comics #270
Publication Date: August 1981
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Issues: #270 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/28/1981
Volume: 41
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Len Wein (editor); Mike W. Barr (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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, Front
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Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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ORIGINAL COVER ART
from the private collection of Crees Tyler
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Bedlam Is the Black Hole!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Batman; Superman; Metallo; Green Arrow (inset); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (inset); Hawkman (inset); Red Tornado (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #21/1981 published January 1981
as Die Waffe aus dem All [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-645
Disclose Notes: Art credits confirmed from The Comic Reader #191.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis [as Ted P. Skimmer]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From the World's Finest Fans
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Letters of comment from Dave Lauder, Todd Hitchcock, Mike Sopp and Danny Golding. Includes Direct Currents column May 7th and May 21st.
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A Hole for Killing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Metallo [Roger Corben]; Parasite [Maxwell Jensen] (cameo); Atomic Skull [Albert Michaels] (cameo); Bernard Hawkley; Metallo's henchmen
Synopsis: Metallo escapes from prison and harnesses the power of a black hole.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #21/1981 published January 1981
as Tödlicher Ausbruch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #4/1983 published January 1983
as Sorte hull [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: J-7559 ?
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A World Gone Mad!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Trevor von Eeden
Inker(s): Bob Smith
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow; Count Vertigo
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story continues in World's Finest Comics #272.
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You and Me Against Our World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Alex Saviuk
Inker(s): Rodin Rodriguez
Colorist(s): Bob LeRose
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
Character(s): Hawkman; Hawkgirl; Shadow Thief; Hyanthis (flashback)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Die, Android-- Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Jose Delbo
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Red Tornado
Character(s): Red Tornado; Robot Killer
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #1/1983 published January 1983
as Stirb, Roboter, Stirb! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-7353 ?
Disclose Notes: Story continues in World's Finest Comics #272.
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Our Son, the Monster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Don Newton
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel
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In Content Item: FlagGrüne Leuchte #5/1982 published May 1982
as Unser Sohn, das Monster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-7330
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Fred Hembeck
Penciller(s): ?; Fred Hembeck
Inker(s): ?; Fred Hembeck
Letterer(s): typeset; Fred Hembeck
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daily Planet Feature Page; Ask the Answer Man; Hembeck
Character(s): Hawkman; Flash
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Includes Current Bat-tractions (previewing Batman #338, Brave and the Bold #177, and Detective Comics #505) and Fred Hembeck strip featuring Hawkman and Flash.
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#74 Jim Aparo

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr [as Michael C. Carmichael]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): DC Profiles
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.
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Volume 81 Issue 5 - May, 1981

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Bob Rozakis
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daily Planet
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Features preview of Flash #300, Justice League of America #193 (All-Star Squadron preview) and Len's Line-up (featuring Wonder Woman #282, Unknown Soldier #254 and Adventure Comics #484).

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