Volume: 38
Price: 1.00 USD
Pages: 84
On-sale Date: 1977-11-15
Editing: Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #249 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks:
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:C-618
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This man's been attacked-- By a vampire!
  • Keywords:vampire
Characters:
Superman; Batman; The Phantom Stranger; Wonder Woman (inset); Black Canary (inset); Green Arrow (inset); Creeper (inset)

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0709893073003

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #150.

Mera Meets the Manta Men
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Hot Off the Press--
(Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Steve Ditko (Creeper figure)
Inks:
Steve Ditko (Creeper figure)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Job Number:J-4569
Characters:
Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Creeper

Indexer Notes

Creeper image taken from page 8, panel one of story.

The Vampire of Steel
(Table of Contents: 3)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 20 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-4944
Characters:
Batman; Superman; The Phantom Stranger; Captain Kalamari
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

The story has separate chapter titles: Part 1 - (no separate chapter title); Part 2 - Beware the Nega Realm, My Child...; Part 3 - Vampire Bait.

Will the Costume Make the Hero?
(Table of Contents: 4)

Black Canary; Green Arrow / comic story / 20 pages

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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Hellgrammite; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Lieutenant Mack Morgan
Reprints (2)

Superman Movie Report
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Moon Lady and the Monster
(Table of Contents: 6)

The Creeper / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-4857
Characters:
The Creeper; Moon Lady; The Monster [Abe Keeler]; Fran Daye; Sam Hagen; Ames Vone; Ike Keller
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Continued from the strip in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #445-447. Morse lettering per Nick Caputo; previous indexer credited Steve Ditko.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

From the World's Finest Fans / letters page / 1 page

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Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-806

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Kevin J. Dooley and Stuart Snyder.

A Fire in the Sky!
(Table of Contents: 8)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 15 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-4807
Characters:
Wonder Woman; Dr. Psycho (origin); Oragon; Joan White; General Britwell; Steve Trevor; General Blankenship; Easy Company [Sergeant Rock; Bulldozer]; The Krell
Synopsis:
With Sgt Rock, as they battle Dr. Psycho (origin) in the WWII setting.

Indexer Notes

The Krell are from Mystery in Space #73.

Volume 77 Issue 46 - Week of November 14, 1977
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Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["This man's been attacked-- By a vampire!"]
    Superman and Batman
  2. Mera Meets the Manta Men
    Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  3. Hot Off the Press--
  4. The Vampire of Steel
    Superman and Batman
  5. Will the Costume Make the Hero?
    Black Canary; Green Arrow
  6. Superman Movie Report
  7. Moon Lady and the Monster
    The Creeper
  8. [no title indexed]
    From the World's Finest Fans
  9. A Fire in the Sky!
    Wonder Woman
  10. Volume 77 Issue 46 - Week of November 14, 1977
    Daily Planet
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  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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