Issue Details

Issue	#253
Published	October-November 1978
Cover Price	1.00 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Jack Harris
Notes	Though the page count went to 68 pages, down from 80, the issues do not contain any ads.

Cover Details

Characters	Batman; Superman; Princess Portia; Jon Relondas
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jim Aparo
Inks	Jim Aparo
Notes	Wrap-around cover.

1 page World's Finest filler "Contents page"

Script	Jack Harris
Pencils	Don Newton
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Letters	Bill Morse
Notes	inside front cover

20 page Superman and Batman story "The Third Face Is Death"

Characters	Batman; Superman; Princess Portia [Julie Madison]; Doc Willard; Count Alexander Delos; General Lazlo
Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Haney
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Frank Chiaramonte
Colors	Gene D'Angelo
Letters	Shelly Leferman

10 page Green Arrow story "I Die Screaming"

Characters	Green Lantern; Black Canary; The Glorn; Hawkman; Hawkgirl
Genre	superhero
Script	Gerry Conway
Pencils	Trevor von Eeden
Inks	Vince Colletta
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Shelly Leferman
Notes	Crossover with Black Canary, as the two strips are intertwined in this run.

8 page Black Canary story "The Sound of Murder"

Genre	superhero
Script	Gerry Conway
Pencils	Trevor von Eeden
Inks	Vince Colletta
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Shelly Leferman
Notes	Crossover with Green Arrow. Con't next issue.

8 page The Creeper story "The Wrecker"

Characters	The Creeper; Sam Hagen; Fran Daye; Lola Bola
Script	Steve Ditko
Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Shelly Leferman

17 page Shazam!; Captain Marvel story "The Captain and the King"

Characters	Capt Nazi (villain); King Kull (villain); Dr. Sivana (villain); Marvel Family [Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]]; Bulletman; Beautia; Magnificus; Sterling Morris; Ebenezer Batson; Satan (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils	Don Newton
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors	Cory Adams
Letters	Jean Simek
Notes	Strip generally features all of the Marvel Family cast. Story continued from Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #35