Volume: 42
Price: 0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages: 40
On-sale Date: 1982-08-03
Editing: Dick Giordano (managing editor); Marv Wolfman (editor)
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[Deliver Us from Evil!]
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Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Frank Miller (signed)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:C-139
Characters:
Superman; Batman
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

This issue has 2 variants

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.

Deliver Us from Evil!
(Table of Contents: 1)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 23 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Rich Buckler (layouts)
Inks:
Sam de la Rosa (finishes)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-8372
Characters:
Superman; Batman; Zatanna; Alfred Pennyworth (flashback); Krypto (flashback); Dr. Zodiac
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Precise art credits from Sam de la Rosa via the GCD Error Tracker.

Story continues in the following issue.

[no title indexed]
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From the World's Finest Fans / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-1171

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Gary Thompson, Neil Ahlquist, Anthony R. Cardno, T. M. Maple, and Stephen Gawronski. Half of second page is DC Coming Comics column for comics on sale August 26.

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  1. [Deliver Us from Evil!]
    Superman and Batman
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    Superman and Batman
  3. [no title indexed]
    From the World's Finest Fans
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