World's Finest Comics
#273
[Direct]
(November 1981)
DC,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 41
- Price
- 1.00 USD; 0.30 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-07-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- 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:
[no title indexed]
Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- C-728
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Batman; Weapon Master; Plastic Man (inset)
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[no title indexed]
From the World's Finest Fans / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration)
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Letters from Peter Sturman, David L. Kelly, Peter R. Herstedt, and Alfonso Limone.
In the Citadel of the Weapon Master
Superman and Batman / comic story / 14 pages
- Job Number
- J-7682
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Batman; Weapon Master; Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo)
- Reprints
-
in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #39 (1982) -
in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #60 (août 1982)
-
Assault on Kastle Vertigo!
Green Arrow / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-7592
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow; Count Vertigo
- Reprints
- in Legion Des Super-Heros (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #2 - La Menace de L'Homme Noir (mai 1983) [Moins 1 page [Minus 1 page]]
-
[Design for Dying]
Plastic Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Plastic Man; Woozy Winks
- Synopsis
- Clothing designers are being stitched, zippered, and stretched to death, but Plas and Woozy soon get to the bottom(s) of the crimes.
- Reprints
-
in Super Adventure (Federal, 1984 series) #11 ([February 1986])
-
Indexer Notes
Story title from The Comic Reader #193. Story is possibly leftover inventory from Plastic Man's Adventure Comics run which ended a year earlier in December 1980, some of which was already used in Super Friends.
Victory?
Hawkman / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-7450
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman; Hawkwoman; Hyanthis; Lord Insectus (flashback); Shadow Thief (flashback)
- Reprints
- in Superman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #5 (1982)
- in Les Géants des Super-Héros (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #8 - Green Lantern et Superman (septembre 1983) [Moins la première page [Minus the first page]]
-
Sivana's Nobel!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- J-7617
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana
- Reprints
-
in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #23 (April 1982) - in L'Escadron des Etoiles (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #7 - Triple Tragédie (janvier 1984)
- in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #3 ([July] 2021)
-
[no title indexed]
The Answer Man; Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.35 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Feature Logo
Daily Planet Feature Page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Woozy Winks; Plastic Man
#80 George Pérez
DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.45 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris (credited as Michael C. Carmichael)
- Pencils
- George Pérez (illustration)
- Inks
- George Pérez (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- biography
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.
Volume 81 Issue 11 - August, 1981
Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis ?
- Pencils
- George Pérez; Carmine Infantino (illustrations)
- Inks
- George Pérez; Bob Smith ? (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Bob Rozakis
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Includes previews of The New Teen Titans #13, The Flash #303, Justice League of America #196 and on sale lists for August 6th and 20th.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Superman and Batman -
1.
[no title indexed]
From the World's Finest Fans -
2.
In the Citadel of the Weapon Master
Superman and Batman -
3.
Assault on Kastle Vertigo!
Green Arrow -
4.
[Design for Dying]
Plastic Man -
5.
Victory?
Hawkman -
6.
Sivana's Nobel!
Captain Marvel / Shazam! -
7.
[no title indexed]
The Answer Man; Daily Planet -
8.
[no title indexed]
Hembeck -
9.
#80 George Pérez
DC Profiles -
10.
Volume 81 Issue 11 - August, 1981
Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Clayton Emery
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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