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World's Finest Comics 253

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #253

Cover Date: October-November 1978
Cover Price: $1.00

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Aparo (signed)


Story: "The Third Face is... Death!" (20 Pages)
"Part I Face of the Purloined Prince"
"Part II Masquerade of Menace"
"Part III Faces behind the Masks"

Credits:

StoryBob Haney
PencilsKurt Schaffenberger
InksFrank Chiaramonte
LetteringShelly Leferman
ColorsGene D'Angelo
EditingJack C. Harris

Feature Character(s):

Batman (impersonates Prince Jon of Tybern)
Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Princess Portia (last in issue #248; weds Prince Jon)

Villain(s):

Doc Willard (last in issue #251)
General Lazlo of Tybern (first appearance; attempts a coup of Tybern to attack Moldacia)

Other Character(s):

Count Delos (first appearance)
Prince Jon of Tybern (first appearance; ruler of a small European country bordering Moldacia; weds Princess Portia)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Tybern (first appearance; a very small European country that borders Moldacia)


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Second Story: "I Die Screaming" (19 Pages)
"Chapter One When the Screaming Stops...!"
"Chapter Two The Sound of Murder!"

Credits:

StoryGerry Conway
PencilsTrevor Von Eeden
InksVince Colletta
LetteringShelly Leferman
ColorsJerry Serpe
EditingJack C. Harris

Feature Character(s):

Black Canary (last in Justice League of America #160)
Green Arrow

Villain(s):

Glorn (first appearance; humanoid residents of a buffer dimension between Earth-One and Two)

Guest Appearance(s):

Hawkman (last in Justice League of America #212; next in Detective Comics #480/2)
Hawkgirl (last in Justice League of America #210; next in Detective Comics #480/2)

Location(s):

Star City
JLA Satellite


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Third Story: "The Creeper vs. The Wrecker" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StorySteve Ditko
ArtSteve Ditko
LetteringShelly Leferman
ColorsJerry Serpe
EditingJack C. Harris

Feature Character(s):

Creeper

Villain(s):

An umnamed architect (first appearance; creates a machine that destroys buildings; possibly dies)
Rollo the Wrecker (first appearance; a spherical machine that can wreck buildings; destroyed)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Cosmic Broadcasting Building

Story Reprinted in:

The Creeper by Steve Ditko (2010)


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Fourth Story: "The Captain and The King!" (15 Pages)

Credits:

StoryE. Nelson Bridwell
PencilsDon Newton
InksKurt Schaffenberger
LetteringJean Simek
ColorsCory Adams
EditingJack C. Harris

Feature Character(s):

Captain Marvel (last in All-New Collectors' Edition #C-58)

Supporting Character(s):

Mary Marvel
Captain Marvel Jr.
Sterling Morris

Villain(s):

King Kull (also in flashbacks to a version of her origin)
Captain Nazi
Doctor Sivana
Ebenezer Batson
"Satan"

Guest Appearance(s):

Jim Barr (last in Justice League of America #137)

Other Character(s):

Beautia Sivana
Magnificus Sivana

Location(s):

Earth-S:
Fawcett City


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