World's Finest Comics #288 [Newsstand]
(February 1983)

DC, 1941 Series
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Volume
43
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-11-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893073002
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Marv Wolfman (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #288 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[To Hell... and Back!] (Table of Contents)

Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Hannigan (signed as Hannigan)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed as Giordano)
Colors
?
Job Number
C-259
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Batman
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To Hell... and Back! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr (credited); Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Adrian Gonzales (credited)
Inks
Adrian Gonzales (credited)
Colors
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters
Andy Kubert (credited)
Job Number
J-8588
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I haven't liked any of this, not since it began.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Batman; Flash; Wonder Woman; Zatanna; Doctor Zodiac; Madame Zodiac
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

From the World's Finest Comics Fans / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Tamsyn O'Flynn
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1231

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Kevin T. Brown, Jef Peckham, Kent Phenis, Robert Kowalski, "The Fish," John Lavernoich, and Andrew J. MacLaney. One fourth of the second page is the DC Coming Comics feature for December 9th.

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [To Hell... and Back!]
    Superman and Batman
  2. 1. To Hell... and Back!
    Superman and Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    From the World's Finest Comics Fans
This issue was modified by
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
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