(February-March 1979)
DC,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 38
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1978-11-07
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893073003
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then 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
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #162.
[no title indexed]
Superman and Batman / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- C-908
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm helpless! The living Bat-God is destroying Superman!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Superman; Captain Marvel; Black Canary; Green Arrow; The Creeper
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #24/1980 (26. November 1980), #26/1980 (24. Dezember 1980) -
in Super Action Album (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #1980 [18]
-
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
[no title indexed]
World's Finest / table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Pencils
- Don Newton (signed)
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
- Letters
- Jim Aparo
- Job Number
- J-5618
- Characters
- Green Arrow; Superman; Batman; The Creeper; Black Canary; Marvel Family [Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel]
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
Thou Shalt Have No Other Batman Before Me!
Superman and Batman / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Bob Haney
- Pencils
- José Luis García-López
- Inks
- Dan Adkins; Frank Chiaramonte
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-5624
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Superman; Lana Lang; Morgan Edge; Thomas Wayne; Jud Dugan; Paul Wainwright; John Wainwright
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #26/1980 (24. Dezember 1980), #26/1980 (24. Dezember 1980), #26/1980 (24. Dezember 1980)
-
in Adventures of Superman: José Luis García-López (DC, 2013 series) #2 ([March] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- Australia; Dalton Corners; Justice League Satellite; Metropolis; WGBS-TV
Indexer Notes
The story has separate chapter titles: Part 1 - This Cape This Cowl!; Part 2 - Go West, Super-Hero!; Part 3 - Sleeper... Awake!
Nothing but a Man
Green Arrow / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Elliot S! Maggin
- Pencils
- Trevor von Eeden
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Clem Robins; Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-5332
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Canary; Green Arrow; Clark Kent; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Wonder Woman; Aquaman; Supergirl; Carol Ferris; Ralph Halstead; Jack Major; Thaddeus Cable
- Keywords
- mayoral election; Star City; WGBS-TV
Indexer Notes
Oliver finally runs for election as a mayoral candidate.
Furious Fran and the Dagger Lady
The Creeper / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Steve Ditko
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Job Number
- J-5567
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Creeper; Fran Daye; Dagger Lady; Lulu Trane; Sam Hagen
- Reprints
- in The Creeper by Steve Ditko (DC, 2010 series) ([March] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- Gotham City
Dreamdancer
Shazam!; Captain Marvel / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Don Newton
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Job Number
- J-5551
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman (origin recapped); Bulletgirl (origin recapped); Marvel Family [Captain Marvel; Mary Marvel]; Dreamdancer; Sterling Morris; Mrs. Bromfield; Leo Thorn
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #23/1980 (12. November 1980)
-
- Keywords
- Greenwich Village; New York City; WHIZ
[no title indexed]
From the World's Finest Fans / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris [as JCH]
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger; Don Newton (illustration)
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger; Don Newton (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-203
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Letters of comment from Djan Kovacevic, Donald G. Shelton and Daren Goodhart.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I'm helpless! The living Bat-God is destroying Superman!"]
Superman and Batman -
1.
[no title indexed]
World's Finest -
2.
Thou Shalt Have No Other Batman Before Me!
Superman and Batman -
3.
Nothing but a Man
Green Arrow -
4.
Furious Fran and the Dagger Lady
The Creeper -
5.
Dreamdancer
Shazam!; Captain Marvel -
6.
World's Finest Preview Page
-
7.
[no title indexed]
From the World's Finest Fans
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