(April-May 1978)
DC,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 38
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1978-01-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893073005
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #152. On-sale date of January 26 in house ad in Justice League of America #153.
[The Reality War!]
Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- C-665
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Black Canary; Batman; The Creeper; Wonder Woman; Green Arrow
- Reprints
-
in Gigant (Semic, 1976 series) #6/1981 -
in World's Finest (K. G. Murray, 1979 ? series) #128 (circa March 1979) -
in Almanaque de Férias de Super-Heróis (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1979 series) #[nn] (1979) [backgrounds removed] -
in Gigant (Semic, 1977 series) #4/1981 (uke 39 1981) [backgrounds removed] -
in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017)
-
World's Finest Comics
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris ?
- Pencils
- George Tuska; Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Vince Colletta; Steve Ditko
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-4908
- Characters
- Superman; Batman; Black Canary; Green Arrow; Wonder Woman; Creeper; Agent Axis
Indexer Notes
Creeper image taken from splash.
The Reality War!
Superman and Batman / comic story / 56 pages
- Job Number
- J-4854
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Alfred Pennyworth; Queen Hippolyta; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; The Creeper [Jack Ryder]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Wonder Woman (Earth 2, flashback); Agent Axis (flashback); The Ravager (Professor Ronsom, flashback); Superman (Earth 2, flashback); Professor Phineas Potter (flashback); President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Aquaman
- Reprints
- in Gigant (Semic, 1977 series) #4/1981 (uke 39 1981) [part 1], #4/1981 (uke 39 1981) [part 3], #4/1981 (uke 39 1981) [part 2]
- in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017)
-
- Keywords
- Capitol Building; Central City; Earth-2; Gotham City; invisible jet; Justice League Satellite; Lincoln Memorial; Metropolis Bay; Nazis; Panzer; Paradise Island; Star City; supertankers; time travel; u-boats; Washington D.C.; World War II
Indexer Notes
This story has multiple chapters.
Chapter One (15 pages): The Reality War! features Superman and Batman.
Chapter Two (16 pages): Collision With Destiny features Green Arrow, Black Canary and Wonder Woman.
Chapter Three (25 pages): The Ravager of Time features The World's Finest Team.
On page two a notice reads "with grateful acknowledgement for the stories of--H.G. Wells, Keith Laumer, Gardner Fox, Edmond Hamilton, Roy Thomas and Robert A. Heinlein"
Laugh, Clown, Laugh!
The Joker; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker
- Synopsis
- The Joker's plot to steal a valuable painting is foiled even though he tried to distract everyone with Hostess Fruit Pies.
Return of the Past
The Creeper / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-4962
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Creeper [Jack Ryder] (origin retold); Angel Deviln; Mugsy Moore; Judge Holt; Dr. Yatz (flashback)
- Reprints
- in The Creeper by Steve Ditko (DC, 2010 series) ([May] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- Cosmic TV; Gotham City; Gotham General Hospital; Gotham State Prison
Indexer Notes
Robins lettering per Nick Caputo; previous indexer credited Steve Ditko.
[no title indexed]
From the World's Finest Fans / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger; Jim Aparo
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger ?; Jim Aparo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-891
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Scott J. Lovine, Scott Gibson, Jeff Sporn and Ray Hamel.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[The Reality War!]
Superman and Batman -
1.
World's Finest Comics
-
2.
The Reality War!
Superman and Batman -
3.
Laugh, Clown, Laugh!
The Joker; Hostess Fruit Pies -
4.
Return of the Past
The Creeper -
5.
[no title indexed]
From the World's Finest Fans
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Steve Jenner
- Dave Marchand
- John Monagle
- Mark Q
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Sean Williams
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