Volume: 42
Price: 1.00 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1982-04-06
Editing: Dick Giordano (managing editor); Dave Manak (editor)
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[no title indexed]
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Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Gil Kane (signed)
Inks:
Gil Kane (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:C-925
Characters:
Superman; Batman; Major Disastor; Captain Cutlass; General Scarr; Colonel Sulphur
Reprints (1)
This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

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

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

War in the Streets!
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Superman and Batman / comic story / 14 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman, Batman; Captain Cutlass; Major Disaster; Colonel Sulphur; General Scarr; Flash [Barry Allen]; Firestorm; Wonder Woman
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from the previous issue.

The Forgotten People
(Table of Contents: 2)

Green Arrow / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
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Letters:
Editing:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-8189
Characters:
Green Arrow

Out into Space in Ships!
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Hawkman / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-8147
Characters:
Hawkman
Synopsis:
Hawkman continues his search for Hawkwoman.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
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From the World's Finest Fans / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-1035

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from M. J. Bailey, Lise Leveillee, and Mark Lagasse.

The One-Worm Monster Society!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-8176
Characters:
Puck; Sigurd Fafnir's-Bane
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

The Captain Marvel logo does not appear on the title page of this installment.

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    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Superman and Batman
  2. War in the Streets!
    Superman and Batman
  3. The Forgotten People
    Green Arrow
  4. Out into Space in Ships!
    Hawkman
  5. [no title indexed]
    From the World's Finest Fans
  6. The One-Worm Monster Society!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
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