World's Finest Comics #248 for Sale - First Appearance of Stuff Jr. - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue: #248
Publication date: December 1977-January 1978
Key date: 1977-12-00
On-sale date: 1977-09-20
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.00
Pages: 84
Barcode: 0709893073001
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Stuff Jr. - 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: José Luis García-López; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Black Canary, Green Arrow, Clark Kent, Dinah Lance, Alfred Pennyworth, Princess Diana, Oliver Queen, Greg Sanders, Superman, Vigilante, Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman
2	World's Finest	table of contents	1	script: Jack C. Harris; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Superman; Batman; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Wonder Woman; Sergeant Rock; Vigilante; Stuff; The Dummy; Hellgrammite; Dr. Psycho
3	...The Lurkers, Part I: Day of Madness!	comic story	6	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Tex Blaisdell; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben Oda	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Clark Kent, Superman, Bruce Wayne
4	Part II: Night of Wrath	comic story	7	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Tex Blaisdell; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben Oda	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Clark Kent, Superman, Bruce Wayne
5	Part III: Dawn of Destiny	comic story	7	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Tex Blaisdell; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben Oda	Batman, Morgan Edge, Clark Kent, Julie Madison, Alfred Pennyworth, Superman, Bruce Wayne
6	Hellgramite Is His Name, Rebirth Is His Game!	comic story	20	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Trevor Von Eeden; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Liz Berube; letters: Clem Robins	Black Canary, Green Arrow, Hellgrammite, Dinah Lance, Oliver Queen, Roderik Rose
7	All The Dummy's Men	comic story	8	script: Bill Kunkel; pencils: Gray Morrow; inks: Vicente Alcázar; colors: Gray Morrow; letters: Ben Oda	The Dummy, Greg Sanders, Stuff, Stuff Jr. First, Vigilante
8	Editorial Note	letters page	1	script: JCH; pencils: Curt Swan, Nick Cardy; inks: Murphy Anderson, Nick Cardy
9	The Amazon and the Rock	comic story	15	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Mike Vosburg; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Liz Berube; letters: Bill Morse	General Blankenship, Bulldozer, Dr. Psycho, Ice Cream Soldier, Princess Diana, Sgt. Rock, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman
10	Volume 77 Issue 39 - Week of September 26, 1977	in-house column	1	script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Ernie Chan, Mike Kaluta; inks: Mike Kaluta, Vicente Alcázar; editing: Bob Rozakis

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Adventures of Superman: José Luis García-López #2 ISBN 978-1-77950-102-8	2020	On eBay ›

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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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