World's Finest Comics #272 for Sale - First Appearance of Hawkwoman - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue: #272
Publication date: October 1981
Key date: 1981-10-00
On-sale date: 1981-06-30
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.00; 0.30 GBP
Pages: 52
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of The Weapon-Master - 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	Assault on the Fortress of Solitude!	cover	1	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman, Clark Kent, Superman, Bruce Wayne
1	-	letters page	1	script: Ted P. Skimmer; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger
2	Assault on the Fortress of Solitude!	comic story	14	script: Cary Burkett; pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Joe Giella; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Ben Oda	Batman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne, The Weapon-Master First, Perry White
3	A Bloody Crown for a Cold Corpse!	comic story	8	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Trevor Von Eeden; inks: Brett Breeding; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Pierre Bernard Jr.	Green Arrow, Oliver Queen, Count Vertigo First
4	"Drive" Me to the Moon!	comic story	8	script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Alex Saviuk; inks: Rodin Rodriguez; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Todd Klein	Hawkman, Hawkwoman First, Katar Hol, Hyathis, Shayera Thal
5	Winds of Change	comic story	8	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: José Delbo; inks: Brett Breeding; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Milt Snapinn	Red Tornado
6	Chain Lightning	comic story	10	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Don Newton; inks: Steve Mitchell; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: John Costanza	Billy Batson, Mary Batson, Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., Freddy Freeman, Mary Marvel, Shazam
7	World's Fun-est Puzzle	activity	0.45	script: Bob Rozakis
8	DC Profile #78 Don Newton	in-house column	0.4	script: Michael C. Carmichael	Don Newton
9	-	comic story	0.15	script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred Hembeck	Lucius Fox First, Bruce Wayne
10	Volume 81 Issue 9 - July, 1981	in-house column	1	script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: George Pérez; inks: George Pérez, Dick Giordano; letters: Todd Klein, Gaspar Saladino; editing: Bob Rozakis, Jodi Saviuk

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893073010

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal #3 ISBN 978-1-77950-946-8	2021	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #271271 of 322#273 ›

Sources

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

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