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88May-June 1957
$0.10

World's Finest Comics #88

DC · May-June 1957 · on sale 1957-03-19

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Identification plate

Series
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#88
Publication date
May-June 1957
Key date
1957-05-00
On-sale date
1957-03-19
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Superman and Batman's Greatest Foes!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappBatman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne
2Superman's and Batman's Greatest Foes!comic story12script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Pat GordonBatman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne
3-activity0.67script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
5-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6The Imprisoned Archercomic story6pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
7-promo (ad from the publisher)3letters: typeset
8-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9A Pistol for Tomahawkcomic story6pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray; letters: Pat GordonDan Hunter
11A Date with Effiepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Curt Swan; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 3.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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Batman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn]1972On eBay ›
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World's Finest Comics Archives #2
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2002On eBay ›
Superman / Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-1227-8; 1-4012-1227-1
2007On eBay ›
Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0-681-41015-9
1990On eBay ›
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0930289-36-6
1989On eBay ›
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ISBN 978-1-4012-1697-9
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