(December 1978-January 1979)
DC,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 38
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1978-09-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893073001
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #160.
[no title indexed]
Superman and Batman / cover / 2 pages
- Job Number
- C-861
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wake up, Batman--! Or your nightmare of Sinestro destroying the world will come true!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Sinestro; Batman; Green Arrow; Black Canary; The Creeper; Captain Marvel
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #7/1979 (21. März 1979) -
in Super Action Album (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #17 ([November 1980] ?)
-
Indexer Notes
Wrap-around cover.
World's Finest Comics
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Superman; Batman; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Creeper; Captain Marvel [Shazam]
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
Whom Gods Would Destroy!
Superman and Batman / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sinestro (villain); Batman; Superman; Doc Willard; George "Gorilla Boss" Dyke (flashback); Qward
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #7/1979 (21. März 1979), #7/1979 (21. März 1979), #7/1979 (21. März 1979)
- in Super Action Album (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #17 ([November 1980] ?)
-
- Keywords
- Gotham City; Gotham Park; Metropolis; nuclear plant; Qward; Wayne Foundation
Primeval Scream!
Black Canary / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils
- Trevor Von Eeden
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Shelly Leferman
- Job Number
- J-5415
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow; Black Canary; The Glorn (origin)
- Keywords
- bees; corridor-universe; radio waves; torch-arrow
The Race Is in the Running
Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- J-5414
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow; Speedy (flashback)
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #7/1979 (21. März 1979)
- in Super Action Album (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #17 ([November 1980] ?)
-
- Keywords
- Arrow Car; flare arrow; grenade arrow; Star City
Indexer Notes
Shows the fate of the old Arrow Car.
Beware Mr. Wrinkles!
The Creeper / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-5471
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Creeper; Mr. Wrinkles; Ben Briely; Dump; Atlas Adonis; Mr. Muscles
- Reprints
- in Super Action Album (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #17 ([November 1980] ?)
-
in The Creeper by Steve Ditko (DC, 2010 series) ([May] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- Cosmic Broadcasting; Gotham City
The Devil and Capt. Marvel
Shazam!; Captain Marvel / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Don Newton
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Shelly Leferman
- Job Number
- J-5433
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvel Family [Captain Marvel; Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel, Jr.]; Spy Smasher (cameo); Bulletman (cameo); Bulletgirl (cameo); Ibis (cameo); Mr. Scarlet (cameo); Pinky (cameo); Minute Man (cameo); Shazam; Satan (villain); Antaeus (villain); Medea (villain); Old Age (villain); Legion (villain); Abaddon (villain); Ebenezer Batson; Sterling Morris
- Reprints
- in Super Action Album (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #17 ([November 1980] ?)
- in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #3 ([July] 2021)
-
- Keywords
- Hall of the Seven Deadly Enemies; Rock of Eternity; The Holy Moly of the Gods; WHIZ
[no title indexed]
From the World's Finest Fans / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- L-151
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Includes letters of comment from Wallace L. Hopkins, Mark Waid, and Thomas Krasker.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Wake up, Batman--! Or your nightmare of Sinestro destroying the world will come true!"]
Superman and Batman -
1.
World's Finest Comics
-
2.
Whom Gods Would Destroy!
Superman and Batman -
3.
Primeval Scream!
Black Canary -
4.
The Race Is in the Running
Green Arrow -
5.
Beware Mr. Wrinkles!
The Creeper -
6.
The Devil and Capt. Marvel
Shazam!; Captain Marvel -
7.
[no title indexed]
The Answer Man -
8.
Number 44 Howard Chaykin
DC Profiles -
9.
[no title indexed]
From the World's Finest Fans
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dave Berkebile
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Steve Jenner
- Mark Muller
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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