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Issue: World's Finest Comics #81
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 01/24/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate 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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Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
The True History of Superman and Batman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Win Mortimer
Win Mortimer
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman and Batman and Robin
Ka-Thur; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as World's Finest Comics #81 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Archives incorrectly lists Curt Swan and Stan Kaye on pencils and inks. 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/).
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The True History of Superman and Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Edmond Hamilton
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
?
Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman and Batman and Robin
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Ka Thar (spelled Ka-Thar on the cover); Shark Slaney
Ka Thar comes from the future, but his history book is inaccurate, so he forced Superman and Batman to redo some super-feats to match his history book.
Reprinting
FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #15 published October 1965
as The True History of Superman and Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman in the Fifties #[nn] published June 2002
as The True History of Superman and Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]March-April 1956
FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as The True History of Superman and Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff
?
Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Shorty
Ice skating is a lot of fun…
Reprinting
FlagSuperboy #26 published March 1951
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Al Capp]
? [as Al Capp]
? [as Al Capp]
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Miscellaneous
0.33
Healthy Teeth for You and Your Pet!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Schiff
Win Mortimer
Win Mortimer
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Binky
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The G.A. Goes G.I.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Papp
George Papp ?
?
Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
superhero
The Green Arrow
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Hot As a Firecracker!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Prentice (illustration)
John Prentice (illustration)
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Showcase
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Showcase # 1.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
?
Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Peg
Hop in, Peg. We'll go for a drive!
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Miscellaneous
0.67
Statement of Ownership on this page.
[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.33
Spotlight on a New Sport

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Miller [as Jerry Maxton]
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Frontier Informer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Ray
Fred Ray
?
Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
historical, western
Tomahawk
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Stephens Credit Sales
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Littleton Stamp Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Fashion Frocks, Inc.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Baby Ruth
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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