World's Finest Comics #275 [Direct]
(January 1982)

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Volume
42
Price
1.00 USD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-10-06
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:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
C-773
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Metropolis is -- Ablaze! Gotham City -- Frozen! Some say the world will end in fire... ...Some say in ice!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Batman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits from The Comic Reader #195. Nick Caputo suggests Pablo Marcos inks.

Summer Nights Winter Days! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
Michele Wolfman
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
J-7823
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Batman; Mr. Freeze
Reprints

Archer in a Cage (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Canary; Green Arrow / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr
Pencils
Trevor Von Eeden
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
Pierre Bernard Jr.

Job Number
J-7782
Genre
superhero
Characters
Oliver Queen [Green Arrow]; Black Canary
Reprints

Soul Shriek! (Table of Contents: 3)

Zatanna / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
J-7789
Genre
superhero
Characters
Zatanna
Reprints

Matter...Matter Everywhere! (Table of Contents: 4)

Hawkman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Alex Saviuk
Inks
Rodin Rodriguez
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
Phil Felix

Job Number
J-7698
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hawkman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Matter Master
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This starts a multiple-issue serial.

The Snatching of Billy Batson! (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Don Newton
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
J-7806
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Magnificus Sivana; Beautia Sivana; Joan; Benny Portis
Synopsis
Billy is kidnapped by criminals who want to blackmail Captain Marvel to help them, unaware that Cap and Billy are one and the same. Junior enlists Magnificus Sivana to pose as Cap in order to rescue Billy.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

From the World's Finest Fans / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On inside of the back cover. Letters of comment from Dan Coakley and Neil Ahlquist.

#86 Gaspar Saladino (Table of Contents: 7)

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris (credited as Michael C. Carmichael)
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography

Indexer Notes

On the inside of the back cover.

Volume 81 Issue 15 - October, 1981 (Table of Contents: 8)

Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Bob Rozakis

Indexer Notes

Includes previews for The Flash #305 and others. On the back cover of the issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Colors
?
Letters
Fred Hembeck

Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Aquaman
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Metropolis is -- Ablaze! Gotham City -- Frozen! Some say the world will end in fire... ...Some say in ice!"]
    Superman and Batman
  2. 1. Summer Nights Winter Days!
    Superman and Batman
  3. 2. Archer in a Cage
    Black Canary; Green Arrow
  4. 3. Soul Shriek!
    Zatanna
  5. 4. Matter...Matter Everywhere!
    Hawkman
  6. 5. The Snatching of Billy Batson!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    From the World's Finest Fans
  8. 7. #86 Gaspar Saladino
    DC Profiles
  9. 8. Volume 81 Issue 15 - October, 1981
    Daily Planet
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Hembeck
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Monagle
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore