GCD :: Series :: World's Finest Comics (original) (raw)

Publication Dates:

Summer 1941 - January 1986

Number of Issues Published:

322 (#2 - #323)

Color:

color

Dimensions:

standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock:

glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding:

saddle-stitched; squarebound (#161, 170, 179, 188, 223-228, 230)

Publishing Format:

was ongoing series

Publication Type:

magazine

• A DC Publication (2 issues)

• A Superman DC Publication (39 issues)

• Superman DC National Comics (155 issues)

• DC [character] (15 issues)

• DC [circle] (14 issues)

• The Line of DC Super-Stars (15 issues)

• DC [block] (1 issue)

• DC [bullet] (182 issues)

• no publisher's brand (1 issue)

• World's Best Comics Company (1 issue)

• World's Best Comics Co. (24 issues)

• National Comics Publications Inc. (95 issues)

• National Periodical Publications Inc. (123 issues)

• DC Comics Inc. (181 issues)

• numbering continues from World's Best Comics (DC, 1941 series) #1

The series started as an anthology book with multiple features including Batman and Superman. As of issue 71, Superman and Batman started appearing in stories together. It becomes a Superman team-up book (like Brave & the Bold at the time for Batman) between issues #198 and 214. Superman teams up with someone other than Batman in #198-201, 203-205, 208-210, 212-214. #206 is all reprints. After two issues with the Super Sons, the Superman/Batman stories resume #217.