World's Finest Comics #246 for Sale - First Appearance of Baron Blitzkrieg - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue: #246
Publication date: August-September 1977
Key date: 1977-08-00
On-sale date: 1977-05-19
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.00
Pages: 84
Barcode: 0709893073009
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Baron Blitzkrieg - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Slingshot - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of David Drayson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; colors: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman, Black Canary, Green Arrow, Raymond Maxwell Jensen, Clark Kent, Dinah Lance, The Parasite, Princess Diana, Oliver Queen, Greg Sanders, Superman, Vigilante, Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman
1	World's Finest	table of contents	1	script: Jack C. Harris; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; letters: Ben Oda	Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Vigilante
2	The Prisoner of the Kryptonite Asteroid!, Part I: Across Time	comic story	10	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Murphy Anderson; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben Oda	Barry Allen, Aquaman, Batman, Arthur Curry, The Flash, Commissioner James Gordon, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Raymond Maxwell Jensen, Clark Kent, The Parasite, Princess Diana, Oliver Queen
3	[The Prisoner of the Kryptonite Asteroid!] Part II: Am I My Brother's Keeper?	comic story	9	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Murphy Anderson; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben Oda	Barry Allen, Aquaman, Batman, Arthur Curry, Morgan Edge, Jor-El, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Raymond Maxwell Jensen, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent
4	Wulf Hunt	comic story	10	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Mike Nasser; inks: Terry Austin	Black Canary, Green Arrow, Dinah Lance, Oliver Queen
5	Manhunt for a Murderer!	comic story	10	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Mike Nasser; inks: Terry Austin; letters: Ben Oda	Green Arrow, Oliver Queen, David Drayson First, Slingshot First
6	Son of a Gun!	comic story	10	script: Bill Kunkel; pencils: Gray Morrow; inks: Gray Morrow	The Dummy, Greg Sanders, Stuff, Vigilante
7	The Baron's Name Is Blitzkrieg	comic story	15	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Milt Snapinn	Baron Blitzkrieg First, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman
8	-	letters page	1	script: JCH; pencils: Curt Swan, Nick Cardy; inks: Murphy Anderson, Nick Cardy
9	What Does 'Showcase' Mean, Anyway?	in-house column	0.6	script: Jenette Kahn
10	#14 Mike Nasser	in-house column	0.4	script: Jack C. Harris

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Best of DC #66	1985	On eBay ›
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams #3 ISBN 1-4012-0407-4	2006	On eBay ›
Comic Reader #143	1977	On eBay ›
Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-5551-0	2016	On eBay ›
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-4075-2	2013	On eBay ›
Batman by Neal Adams #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-9561-5	2020	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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