(December 1979-January 1980)
DC,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 39
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1979-09-25
- 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 #172.
Because of the aborted plans to convert this title to a standard-size comic edited by Julie Schwartz (see the issue note in #258 and the text article in this comic), the cover and the Superman/Batman story were actually edited by Schwartz.
Because of the aborted plans to convert this title to a standard-size comic edited by Julie Schwartz (see the issue note in #258 and the text article in this comic), the cover and the Superman/Batman story were actually edited by Schwartz.
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Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
- Job Number
- S-3208?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If the Batman has to fly to save Superman--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Batman
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #13/1980 (25. Juni 1980)
-
The Four Billion Supermen of Earth!
Superman and Batman / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (guest editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Batman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Alfred Pennyworth
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #13/1980 (25. Juni 1980)
-
in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #39 (novembre 1980)
-
A Tight Squeeze for the Tiny Titan!
The Atom / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Juan Ortiz
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- Bob LeRose
- Letters
- Shelly Leferman
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (guest editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Bug-Eyed Bandit (villain); The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Palmer
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Inks credited to Vince Colletta in this story in error.
This story was originally prepared to be a back-up in Action Comics during the DC Explosion.
Lure of the Magnetic Menace
Black Lightning / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Lightning; Jackie Parrish; Doctor Polaris [Baxter Timmons]; Harry Parrish; Mrs. Parrish; Lynn Stewart; Jim Corrigan; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (flashback cameo)
- Synopsis
- Black Lightning fights Doctor Polaris while trying to deal with a runaway student, and finds that his two problems are connected.
- Reprints
-
from Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #1 (Summer 1978) - in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #15 (1980)
- in Black Lightning (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([June] 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
Story originally intended for the unpublished Black Lightning (DC, 1977 series) #12. Art altered to give Black Lightning a fuller afro.
There Goes the Neighborhood!
Shazam!; Captain Marvel / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel; Hydia; Sylvius; Phylla; Pythia; Dion; Dr. Stark Weldon; Sterling Morris
- Reprints
- in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #38 (1982)
- in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #3 ([July] 2021)
-
To the World's Finest Fans
text article / 0.5 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-391
Indexer Notes
Article detailing the creation of World's Finest Comics #259, which was expanded to a $1.00 comic after being planned as a $0.40 comic.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["If the Batman has to fly to save Superman--"]
Superman and Batman -
1.
The Four Billion Supermen of Earth!
Superman and Batman -
2.
A Tight Squeeze for the Tiny Titan!
The Atom -
3.
The Stony-Eyed Medusa
The Flash; Hostess Fruit Pies -
4.
Lure of the Magnetic Menace
Black Lightning -
5.
There Goes the Neighborhood!
Shazam!; Captain Marvel -
6.
To the World's Finest Fans
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mazzella
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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