World's Finest Comics #247 for Sale - First Appearance of General Blankenship - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue: #247
Publication date: October-November 1977
Key date: 1977-10-00
On-sale date: 1977-07-19
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.00
Pages: 84
Barcode: 0709893073011
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of General Blankenship - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: José Luis García-López; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood	Barry Allen, Batman, Black Canary, The Flash, Green Arrow, Raymond Maxwell Jensen, Dinah Lance, The Parasite, Princess Diana, Oliver Queen, Greg Sanders, Vigilante, Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman
1	World's Finest	table of contents	1	script: Jack C. Harris; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; letters: Ben Oda	Batman; Wonder Woman; Vigilante; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Superman
2	The Last Hurrah for a Superman?!	comic story	20	script: Bob Haney; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Tex Blaisdell; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben Oda	Barry Allen, The Atom, Batman, Morgan Edge, Jor-El, The Flash, Commissioner James Gordon, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Raymond Maxwell Jensen, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent
3	Requiem of Rage	comic story	10	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Sal Amendola; inks: Sal Amendola; colors: Liz Berube; letters: Morris Waldinger	Black Canary, Dinah Lance
5	Isle of Hate -- Island of Dread!	comic story	10	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Sal Amendola; inks: Sal Amendola; colors: Liz Berube; letters: Clem Robins	Barry Allen, Black Canary, The Flash, Green Arrow, Dinah Lance, Oliver Queen
6	Deathmaze!	comic story	8	script: Bill Kunkel; pencils: Gray Morrow; inks: Gray Morrow; letters: Gray Morrow	The Dummy, Commissioner James Gordon, Greg Sanders, Stuff, Vigilante
7	Volume 77 Issue 30 - Week of July 25, 1977	in-house column	1	script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Curt Swan, Ric Estrada; inks: Vince Colletta, Ric Estrada; editing: Bob Rozakis
8	-	letters page	1	script: JCH; pencils: Curt Swan, Nick Cardy; inks: Murphy Anderson, Nick Cardy
9	Whatever Happened to...? (Fill in Your Favorite Cancelled Title)	in-house column	0.67	script: Jenette Kahn
10	#19 Julius Schwartz	in-house column	0.33	script: Jack C. Harris
11	The Man in the Doomsday Mask!	comic story	15	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: José Delbo; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Milt Snapinn	Baron Blitzkrieg, General Blankenship First, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Mlle. Marie, Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Best of DC #66	1985	On eBay ›
Adventures of Superman: José Luis García-López #2 ISBN 978-1-77950-102-8	2020	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #246246 of 322#248 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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