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Issue Details

Issue #244
Published April-May 1977
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 84
Editing Dennis O'Neil
Notes Now $1.00; Colorist credit is from #249

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams (signed)
Inks Neal Adams (signed)
Colors Neal Adams
Notes Now $1.00; Colorist credit is from #249

1 page Aquaman; Hostess advertisement "That Dirty Beach"

Characters Aquaman; Slud-Jak; unamed bureaucrat
Synopsis Slud-Jak fouls beaches in revenge for ocean pollution, but agrees to negotiate when tempted by Hostess Twinkies.
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell (?)
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Ben Oda
Notes An advertisement for Hostess products featuring DC characters and produced by DC staff.

1 page filler "World's Finest Comics Presents..."

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
Synopsis Contents Page
Letters Typeset

20 page Superman and Batman story "Three Billion Targets!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Maxie Dugan; Johnny Brio; Michal Staziak; Gwen (Bruce Wayne's Secretary); L.C. Barton [Robespierre Two]; Superman Robot
Synopsis Robespierre Two travels from the distant future to destroy all humanity to prevent them from being enslaved in his future timeline.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Murphy Anderson
Colors Jerry Serpe

10 page Black Canary story "Rainbows of Doom"

Characters Black Canary [Dinah Drake Lance]; George Taylor III; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; The Rainbow Archer; George Taylor II
Synopsis Someone is trying to kill George Taylor III in an attempt to force his father, the editor of the Daily Star, to back their candidate in the election.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Harris
Pencils Michael Netzer [as Mike Nasser]
Inks Terry Austin
Notes Story continues in the Green Arrow story in this issue.

10 page Green Arrow story "Slings and Arrows"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Slingshot
Synopsis Green Arrow captures Slingshot but he escapes in the courthouse.
Genre superhero
Script Tony Isabella
Pencils Michael Netzer [as Mike Nasser]
Inks Terry Austin
Colors Liz Berube
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Continued from the Black Canary story in this issue.

8 page Vigilante, The story "Explosion In A Small Town!"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Sheriff Tom Blaine; Joe; Mr. Piper; Jeremy Drake (Country music singer)
Synopsis The Vigilante stops in a small town and helps a sheriff find out who is planting bombs around town.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Kunkel
Pencils John Calnan
Inks Bob Smith
Reprinted in Läderlappen (Semic Press AB, 1976 series) #2/1978

1 page text article "And Now...Still Another Message of Untold Importance From Our Prolific Publisher!!"

Characters Jenette Kahn (Photo)
Synopsis Jenette talks about the new DC 80 page dollar comics.
Script Jenette Kahn
Letters Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Why?"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Rich Buckler
Inks Rich Buckler
Notes One panel preview of each story in the next issue.

15 page Wonder Woman story "Jeopardy -- Times Two!"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince](Earth 2); Steve Trevor; General Blankenship; Ludwig von Schmeer; Pierre Lafarge; Nazis; Suzy; Emil
Synopsis Wonder Woman must find Steve Trevor before he opens his briefcase which has been rigged with explosives.
Genre superhero
Script Dennis O'Neil
Pencils Jose Delbo
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes This series of adventures takes place in WWII.

1 page From the World's Finest Fans letters page

Synopsis Discussion of the new 80 page all-new format. No letters from readers.
Letters Typeset

1 page Daily Planet Volume 77 Issue 2 promo (ad from the publisher) "Dinosaurs Invade 1977!"

Letters Typeset
Editing Bob Rozakis (Editor); Anthony Tollin (Production)