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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #256
Cover Date: April-May 1979
Cover Price: $1.00
Publication Date: 1979-01-09
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Dick Giordano
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Credits:
| Story | Dennis O'Neil |
| Art | Murphy Anderson |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Editing | Jack C. Harris |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (last in Detective Comics #483/6; next in Brave and the Bold #150)
- Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #334; next in Brave and the Bold #150)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jor-El (in flashback; last in flashback in Superman Family #183; next in Superman Vol. 1 #402/2)
Villain(s):
- Lar-On (first appearance; also in flashbacks)
- General Zod (momentarily escapes the Phantom Zone; last in Action Comics #492; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #122)
- two professional saboteurs (first appearance of both)
- two street thugs (first appearance of both; Petey named)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Jeremiah Terry (first appearance; a scientist working on a portal to Earth-2, accidentally accesses the Phantom Zone and frees Lar-On; dies)
- Sandy Terry (first appearance; his daughter)
- two vagrants (first appearance of both)
- various citizens of Gotham City
- Lar-On's wife (first appearance; in flashback; dies)
- Kryptonian Science Police (in flashback)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Krypton (in flashback)
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Arctic Circle
- United States of America
- Earth
- Phantom Zone
Credits:
| Story | Dennis O'Neil |
| Pencils | Dick Dillin |
| Inks | Frank Chiaramonte |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Editing | Jack C. Harris |
Feature Character(s):
- Green Arrow (last in issue Justice League of America #168; next in the third story in this issue)
Guest Star(s):
- Black Lightning (last in Black Lightning Vol. 1 #11; next in issue #257/2)
Villain(s):
- Tobias Whale (in between issues #254/3 and #257/2)
Location(s):
Credits:
| Story | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Jose Delbo |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Editing | Jack C. Harris |
Feature Character(s):
- Black Canary (in flashback; last in Justice League of America #168; next in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #116)
Guest Star(s):
- Green Arrow (narrates story; last in the second story in this issue; next in issue #257/3)
Villain(s):
- The Gypsy Queen and her gang (first appearance for all; in flashback)
Location(s):
Credits:
| Story | Steve Englehart |
| Art | Murphy Anderson |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz (uncredited), Jack C. Harris |
Feature Character(s):
- Hawkman (last in Action Comics #491; next in issue #257/4)
- Hawkgirl (in between issues #253/2 and #257/4)
Guest Star(s):
- Superman (last/next in ???)
Villain(s):
- Kalvars (last in Hawkman Vol. 1 #8/2; Fal Tal named)
Location(s):
Credits:
| Story | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Pencils | Don Newton |
| Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
| Lettering | Gaspar Saladino, Milt Snapinn |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Editing | Jack C. Harris |
Feature Character(s):
- Captain Marvel (in between issues #255/4 and #257/5)
- Mary Marvel (in between issues #255/4 and #261#4)
Supporting Character(s):
- Joan Jameson (last in Shazam! Vol. 1 #26; next in issue #257/5)
Villain(s):
- The Gamester (first appearance; also in flashback; claims to be from another world but is actually from 2347 AD)
- his accomplice in 2347 (first mentioned; behind the scenes)
Other Character(s):
- Nate Dallas (first appearance; also in flashback; a gambler)
- Mr. Stamford (first appearance)
- Ms. Stamford (first appearance)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Jocelyn Batson (in a photograph)
- Merrill Batson (in a photograph)
Location(s):
- Massapequa, NY
- somewhere in South America
- somewhere in Indonesia
- Rock of Eternity