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Issue Details

Issue #256
Published April-May 1979
Cover Price 1.00.USD
Pages 68
Editing Jack Harris
Notes Circulation statement: 85,000 average; 63,000 latest.

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Batman; Lar-On; Sandy Terry
Genre superhero
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Wrap-around cover.

1 page World's Finest filler "Contents page"

Script Jack Harris
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes inside front cover

21 page Superman and Batman story "The Werewolf of Krypton"

Characters Batman; Superman; General Zod; Lar-On; Professor Jeremiah Terry; Sandy Terry
Genre superhero
Script Dennis O'Neil
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Ben Oda

10 page Green Arrow story "Encounter With A Dark Avenger"

Characters With Black Lightning; Green Arrow; Vs. Tobias Whale
Genre superhero
Script Dennis O'Neil
Pencils Dick Dillin
Inks Frank Chiaramonte
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Ben Oda
Notes lead-in to Black Lightning strip next issue.

10 page Black Canary story "The Night The Cry Failed"

Characters Black Canary; Green Arrow
Genre superhero
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Jose Delbo
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Milt Snapinn

8 page Hawkman story "Prey of the Harpies"

Characters With Superman. Vs the Harpies from Hawkman #8. Hawkgirl; Hawkman
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Ben Oda
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Continued from the Showcase 101-103 run. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007). Story was purchased by Schwartz to be run in Detective Comics, but the feature was moved to World's Finest Comics.

15 page Shazam!; Captain Marvel story "The Gamester's Death Wager"

Characters Captain Marvel; Mary Marvel; The Gamester; Merrill Batson; Jocelyn Batson; Miss Jameson
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Don Newton
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Gaspar Saladino; Milt Snapinn