World's Finest Comics
#278
[Direct]
(April 1982)
DC,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 42
- Price
- 1.00 USD; 0.30 GBP
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1982-01-05
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand
- DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (managing editor); Mike W. Barr (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
This issue has variants.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Assault on Thanagar!
Superman and Batman / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler
- Inks
- Pablo Marcos
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- J-8002
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hyanthis; Hawkwoman [Shayera Hol]
- Reprints
-
in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #42 (1982) -
in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #47 (juillet 1983) - in Batman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #10 (1984) [S. 2-7]
-
The Archer and the Assassin
Green Arrow / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Mike W. Barr
- Pencils
- Trevor von Eeden
- Inks
- Larry Mahlstedt
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Phil Felix
- Editing
- Len Wein
- Job Number
- J-8072
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Dinah Lance [Black Canary]
- Reprints
- in La Ligue de Justice (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #10 (juin 1984)
-
[no title indexed]
From the World's Finest Fans / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Bob Rozakis [as Ted P. Skimmer]
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-992; L-993
Indexer Notes
Letters page with illustrated title header. Includes letters of comment from Kevin Kerr, Mark Waldman, Mark Inabinett, Tim Wahowske, and Sarah Finnegan.
Dog Day Afternoon
Zatanna / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Paul Kupperberg
- Pencils
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Adam Kubert
- Job Number
- J-8027
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zatanna
- Reprints
- in La Ligue de Justice (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #6 (septembre 1983)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Superman and Batman -
1.
Assault on Thanagar!
Superman and Batman -
2.
The Archer and the Assassin
Green Arrow -
3.
[no title indexed]
From the World's Finest Fans -
4.
Dog Day Afternoon
Zatanna -
5.
The Power of Darkness!
Shazam!; Captain Marvel
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Dave Marchand
- Nick Caputo
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
- Matthew Head
- Peter Croome
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mougin
- Craig Delich
- Clayton Emery
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Allen Ross
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