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World's Finest Comics 260

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #260

Cover Date: January 1980
Cover Price: $1.00

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)


Story: "The Four Billion Supermen of Earth!" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDennis O'Neil
PencilsRich Buckler
InksDick Giordano
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsGene D'Angelo
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in Detective Comics #487; next in Brave and the Bold #158)
Superman (last in Action Comics #502; next in Superman Vol. 1 #343)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in between Superman Vol. 1 #342 and #343)
Lois Lane (in between Superman Vol. 1 #342 and #343)
Alfred Pennyworth (last in Detective Comics #487; next in Batman Vol. 1 #319)

Villain(s):

an unidentified alien race (first actual appearance?; from Smadan in the Hyperion Galaxy; return to Earth and conduct new experiments on the population)

Other Character(s):

the Mayor of Gotham City
citizens of Gotham City

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
United States of America
Gotham City
Wayne Foundation
Unidentified Space Sector
Smadan (first mentioned)

Comment(s):

Story continued in part from the previous issue.


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Second Story: "A Tight Squeeze for the Tiny Titan!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBob Rozakis
PencilsJuan Ortiz
InksVince Colletta
LetteringShelly Leferman
ColorsBob LeRose
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Atom (last in DC Comics Presents #15; next in Justice League of America #174; moves into his new apartment with Jean Loring-Palmer)

Supporting Character(s):

Jean Loring-Palmer (last in DC Comics Presents #15; next in Justice League of America #174)

Villain(s):

Bug-Eyed Bandit (last in Atom #33; next in Crisis on Infinite Earths #9)

Location(s):

Ivy Town

Comment(s):

This story happens on October 31st.


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Third Story (reprint): "Lure of the Magnetic Menace" (17 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

StoryDennis O'Neil
PencilsMike Nasser
InksVince Colletta
LetteringKaren Kish
ColorsJerry Serpe
EditingJack C. Harris

Feature Character(s):

Black Lightning (last in in Justice League of America #174)

Supporting Character(s):

Lynn Stewart

Villain(s):

Doctor Polaris (last in DC Super-Stars #10; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #133)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1 (Summer 1978)

Comment(s):

Originally intended to be published as Black Lightning #12.

Story Reprinted in:

Black Lightning (2016)


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Fourth Story: "There Goes the Neighborhood!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryE. Nelson Bridwell
PencilsDon Newton
InksDave Hunt
LetteringMilt Snapinn
ColorsAdrienne Roy
EditingJack C. Harris

Feature Character(s):

Captain Marvel

Supporting Character(s):

Sterling Morris

Other Character(s):

Dion (first appearance; a centaur)
Nydia (first appearance; a female centaur and Dion's wife)
Sylvius (first appearance; a Satyr)
Phylla (first appearance; a Siren)
Pythia (first appearance; a Lamia)
Melissa (first appearance; a mermaid)

Location(s):

Earth-S
Fawcett City


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