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Issue: World's Finest Comics #70
Publication Date: May 1954
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Issues: #70 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: 03/22/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (Managing Editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
Disclose Notes: Note that by this time Jack Schiff had taken over as the defacto editor even though Ellsworth retained the title.

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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).
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Binky Says: "Welcome Amigo!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Binky
Character(s): Binky
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Two Faces of Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #58 [British] published January 1955
as The Two Faces of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

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: humorous
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble
First Line: I'm afraid of wild animals in these woods...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sequential panel art ad for Fleers Dubble Bubble gum.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): H. T. Elmo
Penciller(s): H. T. Elmo
Inker(s): H. T. Elmo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): H. T. Elmo
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Quick Quiz
First Line: How does the light reflected by the Earth...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Pete
First Line: How was school today, Pete?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Racketeer's Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): A Casebook Mystery
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #6 published March 1957
as The Racketeer's Revenge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Scripto
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Joust of Jeopardy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Line of Stars Presents

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; The Adventures of Bob Hope
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shorty
First Line: How much do you get a week?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Tale of a Cat!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howie Post
Inker(s): Howie Post
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp (captions, see notes); Howie Post (word balloons, see notes)
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Jimminy
Character(s): Jimminy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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/). Schnapp did not do the word balloons. The word balloons were probably done by the artist.
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The Burning of Bonnville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Wood
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 [Tom Hawk]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTomahawk #138 published January 1972
as The Burning of Bonnville! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
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Three Exciting New Adventures

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Away from It All

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Line of Stars Presents

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy (illustration)
Inker(s): Nick Cardy (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tomahawk
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Day in the Life of a Paratrooper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Fischetti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Crime Consultant!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger ?; Edmond Hamilton ?
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Littleton Stamp Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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