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Issue: World's Finest Comics #68
Publication Date: January 1954
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Issues: #68 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/11/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (Managing Editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then 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
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Batman and Robin
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Home, Sweet Home!

Public Service Announcement  on  Inside Front Cover (IFC)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Mayer
Inker(s): Sheldon Mayer ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Leave It to Binky
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Menace from the Stars!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis: After attempting to destroy an asteroid with traces of Kryptonite, Superman loses his memory. He changes into the clothes in the cape pocket and heads to the Daily Planet. Lois and Perry tell him he is Clark Kent and that Superman has disappeared. When Clark puts on the Superman suit to fool some bank robbers and finds that bullets bounce off him, he credits the suit. He breaks up the asteroid and then decides to reveal to the Daily Planet that though he has been acting as him, he isn't Superman. As he walks to the office, however, he is hit by a truck and remembers that he really is Superman.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Fifties #[nn] published November 2002
as The Menace from the Stars! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble
First Line: Watch your step here, Butch...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman DC National Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Nine Men Against Fort Mohawk!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, western
Feature(s): Tomahawk
Character(s): Tomahawk; Dan Hunter
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shorty
First Line: Good day, sir. Could you spare me a piece of cake?
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In Content Item: FlagRommets Helter #4/1966 published November 1966
as "Goddag, unnskyld men.." [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mystery of the Vanishing Villains!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRommets Helter #4/1966 published November 1966
as Forbryterne som forsvant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
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Superman Is on Television!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Pete
First Line: Here is a present for you, Miss Tyson.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Rookin' the Ranchers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jimmy Thompson
Inker(s): Jimmy Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Two-Gun Percy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
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Riddle of the Portuguese Cat!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Wood
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Special Spy Story
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Originally scheduled for Danger Trail #6, which was never published. Pencils credit based on copies of editorial records received of Nelson Bridwell. Records also show that the original title for this story was "Lisbon Legacy."
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Caging the King of Beasts

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller [as Jack Mabely]
Penciller(s): Raymond Perry (header)
Inker(s): Raymond Perry (header)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Three Smashing Adventures of Superman

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer; Al Plastino; Wayne Boring (illustrations)
Inker(s): Win Mortimer; Al Plastino; Stan Kaye ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
Synopsis: Includes reproduction of the cover to Superman #86.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Secret Weapons of the Crimesmith!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Crimesmith (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Littleton Stamp Co.
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Electric Baseball
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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