World's Finest Comics #269 for Sale - First Appearance of George Taylor, Jr. - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue: #269
Publication date: June-July 1981
Key date: 1981-06-00
On-sale date: 1981-03-05
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.00
Pages: 52
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of George Taylor, 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	Buried Alive!	cover	1	pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Billy Batson, Captain Marvel, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Oliver Queen, Red Tornado, Robin, Superman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne
1	-	letters page	0.75	script: Jack C. Harris
2	Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation	statement of ownership	0.25	script: Arthur Gutowitz
3	Buried Alive!	comic story	14	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Frank McLaughlin; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: John Costanza	Batman, Morgan Edge, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne
4	Escape Me...Never!!	comic story	8	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Trevor Von Eeden; inks: Brett Breeding; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Todd Klein	Green Arrow, Oliver Queen, George Taylor, Jr. First
5	...I Must Go Home Again!	comic story	8	script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Alex Saviuk; inks: Rodin Rodriguez; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: John Costanza	Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]; Hyanthis (flashback); unnamed Thanagarians; Adam Strange (flashback); Alanna Strange (flashback); unnamed Wingmen; Doctor Jymbi
6	All The Bits and Pieces of My Life	comic story	8	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: José Delbo; inks: Joe Giella; colors: C. Gafford; letters: Todd Klein	Red Tornado
7	Sabbac Strikes Back!	comic story	10	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Don Newton; inks: Dan Adkins; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Ben Oda	Captain Marvel Jr., Freddy Freeman
8	DC Profile #72	in-house column	0.4	script: Mike W. Barr
9	Ask the Answer Man!	text article	0.25	script: The Answer Man
10	On Sale March 5th	in-house column	0.25	letters: typeset
11	-	cartoon	0.1	script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred Hembeck	]Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
12	Volume 81 Issue 3 - March, 1981	in-house column	1	script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Brian Bolland, George Pérez, Rich Buckler; inks: Brian Bolland, George Pérez, Steve Mitchell, Dick Giordano; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: Jodi Saviuk; editing: Bob Rozakis

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893073007

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Batman: The Strange Deaths of Batman #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2174-4	2009	On eBay ›
Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7255-5	2017	On eBay ›
Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal #3 ISBN 978-1-77950-946-8	2021	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

‹ #268268 of 322#270 ›

Sources

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

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