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World's Finest Comics #270

DC · Series began 1941 · August 1981

Dates

Cover date
August 1981
On sale
April 28, 1981
Pages
52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #270 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0709893073008

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Rich Buckler, Trevor Von Eeden, Alex Saviuk, José Delbo, Don Newton, Fred Hembeckinks: Dick Giordano, Romeo Tanghal, Bob Smith, Rodin Rodriguez, Joe Giella, Larry Mahlstedt, Fred Hembeckletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Todd Klein, Milt Snapinn, Fred Hembeckscript: Bob Rozakis, Gerry Conway, Bob Haney, E. Nelson Bridwell, Fred Hembeck, Jack C. Harriscolors: Jerry Serpe, Bob LeRose, Adrienne Royediting: Bob Rozakis

Stories

  • A Hole for Killing! · 14 pages

    Metallo escapes from prison and harnesses the power of a black hole.

  • A World Gone Mad! · 8 pages
  • You and Me Against Our World! · 8 pages
  • Die, Android-- Die! · 8 pages
  • Our Son, the Monster! · 10 pages

Reprinted in

Super Adventure (1984), Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (2017), Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (2019)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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