World's Finest Comics
#270
[Direct]
(August 1981)
DC,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 41
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-04-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Len Wein (editor); Mike W. Barr (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Bedlam Is the Black Hole!
Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- C-645
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Superman; Metallo; Green Arrow (inset); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (inset); Hawkman (inset); Red Tornado (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #21/1981 (14. Oktober 1981) -
in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([October] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits confirmed from The Comic Reader #191.
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[no title indexed]
From the World's Finest Fans / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis (credited as Ted P. Skimmer)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Letters of comment from Dave Lauder, Todd Hitchcock, Mike Sopp, and Danny Golding. Includes Direct Currents column May 7th and May 21st.
A Hole for Killing!
Superman and Batman / comic story / 14 pages
- Job Number
- J-7559 ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Metallo [Roger Corben]; Parasite [Maxwell Jensen] (cameo); Atomic Skull [Albert Michaels] (cameo); Bernard Hawkley; Metallo's henchmen
- Synopsis
- Metallo escapes from prison and harnesses the power of a black hole.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #21/1981 (14. Oktober 1981)
-
in Gigant (Semic, 1977 series) #4/1983 (uke 24 1983) - in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([October] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- black hole; Superman Island maximum security prison
A World Gone Mad!
Green Arrow / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow; Count Vertigo
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Story continues in World's Finest Comics #272.
You and Me Against Our World!
Hawkman / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman; Hawkgirl; Shadow Thief; Hyanthis (flashback)
- Reprints
Die, Android-- Die!
Red Tornado / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-7353 ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Red Tornado; Robot Killer
- Reprints
- in Roter Blitz (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #1/1983 (Januar 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in World's Finest Comics #272.
Our Son, the Monster!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Don Newton
- Inks
- Larry Mahlstedt
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Job Number
- J-7330
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel
- Reprints
- in Grüne Leuchte (Egmont Ehapa, 1979 series) #5/1982 (Mai 1982)
-
in L'Escadron des Etoiles (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #6 - Le Dictateur du Cosmos (septembre 1983) -
in Super Adventure (Federal, 1984 series) #11 ([February 1986]) - in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #3 ([July] 2021)
-
[no title indexed]
The Answer Man; Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.47 page
- Feature Logo
Daily Planet Feature Page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Includes Current Bat-tractions (previewing Batman #338, Brave and the Bold #177, and Detective Comics #505).
#74 Jim Aparo
DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.33 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris (credited as Michael C. Carmichael)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- biography
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.
Volume 81 Issue 5 - May, 1981
Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Features preview of Flash #300, Justice League of America #193 (All-Star Squadron preview) and Len's Line-up (featuring Wonder Woman #282, Unknown Soldier #254 and Adventure Comics #484).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Bedlam Is the Black Hole!
Superman and Batman -
1.
[no title indexed]
From the World's Finest Fans -
2.
A Hole for Killing!
Superman and Batman -
3.
A World Gone Mad!
Green Arrow -
4.
You and Me Against Our World!
Hawkman -
5.
Die, Android-- Die!
Red Tornado -
6.
Our Son, the Monster!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
7.
[no title indexed]
The Answer Man; Daily Planet -
8.
[no title indexed]
Hembeck -
9.
#74 Jim Aparo
DC Profiles -
10.
Volume 81 Issue 5 - May, 1981
Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Dave Marchand
- Donald Dale Milne
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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