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Issue Details

Issue #260
Published December-January 1980
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 68
Editing Jack Harris

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Batman
Genre superhero
Pencils Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks Dick Giordano (signed)

17 page Superman and Batman story "The Four Billion Supermen of Earth"

Characters Superman; Batman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Alfred Pennyworth
Genre superhero
Script Dennis O'Neil
Pencils Rich Buckler
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Ben Oda
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Schwartz edited this story because WFC was going to convert to a standard-size comic and move to his editorial office, but the decision was made to leave WFC at dollar-size and not transfer it to Schwartz after this story was prepared.

10 page Atom story "Tight Squeeze for a Tiny Titan"

Characters Vs The Bug-Eyed Bandit. The Atom; Jean Palmer
Genre superhero
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils Juan Ortiz
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Bob LeRose
Letters Shelly Leferman
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Inks previously credited to Vince Colletta. Story originally prepared to be a back-up in Action Comics during the DC Explosion.

17 page Black Lightning story "Lure of the Magnetic Menace"

Characters Black Lightning; Jackie Parrish; Doctor Polaris [Baxter Timmons]; Harry Parrish; Mrs. Parrish; Lynn Stewart; Jim Corrigan; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (flashback cameo)
Synopsis Black Lightning fights Doctor Polaris while trying to deal with a runaway student, and finds that his two problems are connected.
Genre superhero
Script Dennis O'Neil
Pencils Mike Netzer [as Mike Nasser]
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Karin Kish
Notes Story intended for the unpublished Black Lightning (DC, 1977 series) #12. Story printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #1. Art altered to give BL a fuller afro. Series continues in Detective Comics.

10 page Shazam!; Captain Marvel story "There Goes The Neighborhood"

Characters Captain Marvel; Hydia; Sylvius; Phylla; Pythia; Dion; Dr. Stark Weldon; Sterling Morris
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Don Newton
Inks Dave Hunt
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Milt Snapinn