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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #259
Cover Date: October-November 1979
Cover Price: $1.00
Publication Date: 1979-07-17
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Dennis O'Neil |
| Pencils | Rich Buckler |
| Inks | Dick Giordano |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz, Jack C. Harris |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (last in Detective Comics #486/4; next in Brave and the Bold #156)
- Superman (last in flashback in Action Comics #524; next in DC Comics Presents #15)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #500; next in Superman Vol. 1 #341)
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #500; next in Superman Vol. 1 #341)
- Alfred Pennyworth (last in Detective Comics #486/4; next in Batman Vol. 1 #317)
- Commissioner Gordon (in between Brave and the Bold #155 and #156)
Villain(s):
- Jewelry store robbers (first appearance for all)
- Winks Cravane (first appearance; a con man that takes credit for the mass exodus of Gotham City)
- an unidentified alien race (first appearance for all; originating from Sirius-V; in flashback to 100 million years ago)
Other Character(s):
- citizens of Gotham City (in mass exodus to Metropolis)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Cambodia
- Angkor Wat (on a monitor)
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- Gotham City (area of Gotham also in flashback to 100 million years ago)
- Roanoake, VA (on a monitor)
- Cambodia
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Sirius-V (first mentioned)
Comment(s):
- Story continues in part in the next issue.
"Chapter 2 Regarding the Winged Wonder..."
Credits:
| Story | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Don Newton |
| Inks | Dave Hunt, Vince Colletta |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Lettering | Shelly Leferman, Milt Snapinn |
| Editing | Jack C. Harris |
Feature Character(s):
- Green Arrow (next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #120)
- Black Canary (last in Justice League of America #170; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #120)
- Hawkman (last in issue #258/4; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #122)
Villain(s):
- Searcher (first appearance; an alien retriever of escaped criminals)
Other Character(s):
- the Fugitive (first appearance; also in flashback to 5,000 years ago; an alien hunted for stealing food for his starving people)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- United States of America
- JLA Satellite
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector
- an unidentified planet (in flashback to 5,000 years ago)
Credits:
| Story | Dennis O'Neil |
| Layout pencils | Marshall Rogers |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Lettering | Shelly Leferman |
| Editing | Jack C. Harris, Ross Andru |
Feature Character(s):
- Black Lightning (next in DC Comics Presents #16)
Villain(s):
- Mr. Shuck and his gang (first appearance for all; a gangster looking for another thief)
Location(s):
Credits:
| Story | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Pencils | Don Newton |
| Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Lettering | Shelly Leferman |
| Editing | Jack C. Harris |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Tawky Tawny (last in Shazam! #32; origins related in flashbacks; next in Crisis on Infinite Earths #7)
- Professor Edgewise
Villain(s):
- Superior (Dr. Weldon Ambrose; first appearance; a medical doctor that recreates the formula used to change Tawky Tawny and temporarily becomes an super-evolved human)
Location(s):
- Fawcett City
- New York City, NY
- India (also in flashbacks)