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Issue: World's Finest Comics #83
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 05/15/1956
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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman and Batman and Robin
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mother Goose; Humpty Dumpty; Cat and the Fiddle
Reprinting
FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as World's Finest Comics #83 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Though Dick Sprang told Craig Delich he pencilled this cover, GCD art-spotters (Jim Van Dore, Craig Delich, Allen Ross, John Lang, Gene Reed, and Tony Rose) agree the Archives and Showcase Presents volumes correctly list Curt Swan for pencils. 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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typeset
Subject Matter
Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman and Batman and Robin
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Humpty Dumpty; Dr. King; Mousey [Jones]; Mother Goose; R. Melville; McKenna brothers and their nephew; "Foots" Moley
Mystery Inc has set up a mystery for three high-paying clients so they can pretend to be Batman, Robin and Superman. A mix-up of dates causes the real superheroes to assume the parts that were to be played by the clients, and stop a real robbery in the process.
Reprinting
FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Roadmaster
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
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Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
humorous
Shorty
Of all things!
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Miscellaneous
0.33
The Error-Car

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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George Papp
George Papp ?
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Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
superhero
The Green Arrow
Prof Weldon Immelwimmer gives Green Arrow a super new arrow car that drives Oliver crazy.
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Miscellaneous
6
Green Arrow has red hat.
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Subject Matter
U. S. Royal Color King Bike Tires
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Boys and girls! Here's the news you've been waiting for...
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Miscellaneous
1
Man Overboard!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Miller [as Joe Maxwell]
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Palisades Amusement Park
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Miscellaneous
0.5
"Wings" Winchester to the Rescue!

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Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates
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Miscellaneous
0.5
The Tribe Without a Chief

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Bob Brown
Bob Brown ?
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Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
historical, western
Tomahawk
Dan Hunter
Reprinting
FlagAll Favourites, The 100-Page Comic #12 published April 1959
as The Tribe without a Chief [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Hey Skinny! ...Yer Ribs Are Showing!

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Subject Matter
Charles Atlas
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Stephens Credit Sales
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
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typeset
Subject Matter
Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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