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Issue: World's Finest Comics #273
Publication Date: November 1981
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Issues: #273 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/28/1981
Volume: 41
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.30 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Weapon Master; Plastic Man (inset)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-728
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis [as Ted P. Skimmer]
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration)
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration)
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 from Peter Sturman, David L. Kelly, Peter R. Herstedt, and Alfonso Limone.
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In the Citadel of the Weapon Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Burkett
Penciller(s): Adrian Gonzales
Inker(s): Bob Smith
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Weapon Master; Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #39 published January 1982
as In der Zitadelle des Waffenmeisters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: J-7682
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Assault on Kastle Vertigo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Trevor von Eeden
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow; Count Vertigo
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-7592
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Design for Dying

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Pasko
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Bob Smith
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man; Woozy Winks
Synopsis: Clothing designers are being stitched, zippered, and stretched to death, but Plas and Woozy soon get to the bottom(s) of the crimes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story title from The Comic Reader #193. Story is possibly leftover inventory from Plastic Man's Adventure Comics run which ended a year earlier in December 1980, some of which was already used in Super Friends.
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Victory?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Alex Saviuk
Inker(s): Rodin Rodriguez
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
Character(s): Hawkman; Hawkwoman; Hyanthis; Lord Insectus (flashback); Shadow Thief (flashback)
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #5 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-7450
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Sivana's Nobel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Don Newton
Inker(s): Dan Adkins
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #23 [Direct Sales] published April 1982
as Sivana's Nobel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-7617
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis; 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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.55
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Includes a Fred Hembeck strip featuring Woozy Winks and Plastic Man.
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#80 George Pérez

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr [as Michael C. Carmichael]
Penciller(s): George Pérez (illustration)
Inker(s): George Pérez (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): DC Profiles
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.45
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.
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Volume 81 Issue 11 - August, 1981

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis ?
Penciller(s): George Perez; Carmine Infantino (illustrations)
Inker(s): George Perez; Bob Smith ? (illustrations)
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. Includes previews of The New Teen Titans #13, The Flash #303, Justice League of America #196 and on sale lists for August 6th and 20th.

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