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Issue: World's Finest Comics #82
Publication Date: May 1956
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Issues: #82 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/20/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual 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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Title Page
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The Three Super Musketeers!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as World's Finest Comics #82 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Three Super-Musketeers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang; Al Plastino ? (see notes)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Dr. Carter Nichols; D'Artagnan; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Count Ferney; Chancellor Bourdet
Synopsis: Clark, Bruce, and Dick are sent into the past by Dr. Nichols to discover the identity of the Man in the Iron Mask.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
In Content Item: Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #15 published October 1965
as The Three Super-Musketeers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1989
as The Three Super Musketeers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn] published June 1990
as The Three Super-Musketeers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as The Three Super Musketeers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Time travel story.

Superman's face appears to be drawn by someone other than Sprang, possibly Al Plastino. With inking by Superman regular Kaye images become coherent.
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The Indian Fortune Teller

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Ray
Inker(s): Fred Ray
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, western
Feature(s): Tomahawk
Character(s): Dan Hunter
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTomahawk #4/1982 published April 1982
as Den mystiske spåmannen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTomahawk #13/1984 published December 1984
as Medicinmannens spådom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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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): Junior Sales Club of America
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: On the two pages between page 3 and page 4 of the previous sequence.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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"Wings" Winchester Stops a Robbery

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Though we briefly credited Wayne Boring with the Superman figures, due to an error report from Keith Chandler, the consensus of the members of the GCD Main list was that Mortimer was swiping or imitating Boring.
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Adventure Under the Sea

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller [as Jed Maxwell]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Pictures of Peril

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Wood ?
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 (origin)
Synopsis: Green Arrow's origin recapped. Not the same as any other version.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCentury, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #6 published January 1956
as The Pictures of Peril [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Green Arrow has red hat.
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[untitled]

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
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Pete
First Line: Two, please!" "Later..
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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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): Wildroot Cream-Oil
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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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Davy to the Rescue!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as R. T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as R. T.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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