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Issue: World's Finest Comics #278
Publication Date: April 1982
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Issues: #278 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/28/1982
Volume: 42
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893073004
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Mike W. Barr (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #198.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): George Pérez (signed)
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Batman; Superman; Hawkman [Katar Hol]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-832
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Assault on Thanagar!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Pablo Marcos
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman
Character(s): Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hyanthis; Hawkwoman [Shayera Hol]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: J-8002
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The Archer and the Assassin

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr
Penciller(s): Trevor von Eeden
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Phil Felix
Editor(s): Len Wein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Dinah Lance [Black Canary]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-8072
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis [as Ted P. Skimmer]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From the World's Finest Fans
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-992; L-993
Disclose Notes: Letters page with illustrated title header. Includes letters of comment from Kevin Kerr, Mark Waldman, Mark Inabinett, Tim Wahowske, and Sarah Finnegan.
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Dog Day Afternoon

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Kupperberg
Penciller(s): Dan Spiegle
Inker(s): Dan Spiegle
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Adam Kubert
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatanna
Character(s): Zatanna
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-8027
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The Power of Darkness!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Don Newton
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Shazam; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-7970
Disclose Notes: Spotlights Mary Marvel.

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