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Issue: World's Finest Comics #3
Publication Date: January 1941
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Issues: #3 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: World's Best Comics Co.
On Sale Date: 08/15/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Fred Ray
Inker(s): Fred Ray
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Batman with Robin
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 published August 2004
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 published November 2002
as Cover - World's Finest Comics #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: DC Comics: Sixty Years of The World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes by Les Daniels in 1995 indicates this cover is by Jerry Robinson. The two reprint sources indicate Fred Ray.

Jack Burnley verified Ray as the artist on this cover when he visited him personally in 1989.

Fred Ray sent a listing of all of his comic book credits to Jack Burnley in 2003, and part of the list was published in Alter-Ego #25 for June of 2003. In it, Ray states his on-going feud with Robinson, who was claiming to do work that Ray actually did. These credits by Ray verify that Ray did the full art for this cover as indicated. Ray, like Jack Burnley, tore all the covers off the comics that they did the covers to, and he sent scans of these covers to Burnley and Roy Thomas to verify his claim.
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[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Issue No. 3

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Case of the Death Express

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel (signed)
Penciller(s): Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inker(s): Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Douglas Grant (lawyer); Atkinson (railroad President); "Sparky" Waters (villain); Thorton Bigsby (villain)
Synopsis: Clark Kent (a.k.a. Superman) investigates a series of railroad accidents that turn out to be anything BUT accidental!
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In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 published August 2004
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title from the table of contents.
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The Adventure of the Informer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel ?
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Howard Purcell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Red, White and Blue
Character(s): Red Dugan; Whitey Smith; Blooey Blue; Doris West
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Adventure of the Uncut Diamonds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Lehti
Penciller(s): Paul Norris
Inker(s): Paul Norris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Crimson has a cape and Wing appears in costume.
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The 'Big Six' Now Becomes the 'Big Seven'

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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The Story of the Man Who Couldn't Lose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John B. Wentworth
Penciller(s): Stan Asch
Inker(s): Stan Asch
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Johnny Thunder
Character(s): Johnny Thunder; Daisy Darling; Thunderbolt (pink)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story title from the table of contents.
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Action! Thrills! Adventure!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Wet Alibi

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edgar Weston
Penciller(s): Cliff Young (illustrations, signed)
Inker(s): Cliff Young (illustrations, signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Case of the Missing Millionaire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Young Doc Davis
Character(s): Doc Davis
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Magic Casts Its Vote

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Joseph Sulman (signed)
Inker(s): Joseph Sulman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatara the Master Magician
Character(s): Zatara; Tong
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Story title from the table of contents.
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The End of the Trail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Moore ?
Penciller(s): Ed Moore (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Moore (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Moore ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Drafty (#158)
Character(s): Drafty
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Crime Visits the Opera

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Chad Grothkopf
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Alma Decker; Mr. Growlick (villain, opera house manager); Mr. Walsh (villain)
Synopsis: Wes and Dian attend the opera to hear a singer they know well, but are astounded to hear loud boos from the audience in response to a superb performance. Sandman discovers a cruel racketeer who is blackmailing top stars to pay up front for audience approval or else!
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Oddity: The girl opera singer is named Carol on page one, but called Alma throughout the rest of the story.
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The Case of the Counterfeit Tickets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The King
Character(s): The King [King Standish]; the Witch (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story title from table of contents.
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X-Ray Picture

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Cooper
Penciller(s): Fred Ray [as Ray] (illustrations, signed)
Inker(s): Fred Ray [as Ray] (illustrations, signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Panama Canal Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Howard Purcell ?
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Howard Purcell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Lando, Man of Magic
Character(s): Lando; The Hood (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story title from the table of contents.
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The Riddle of the Human Scarecrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (on secondary figures only)
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): George Roussos ?
Letterer(s): George Roussos
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Martin; Frank Kendrick (businessman, introduction); Paul Herold (introduction, death); Richard Dodge (introduction); The Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain, introduction, Psychology college teacher, origin)
Synopsis: A new master criminal begins his career by using psychology upon his victims: the psychology of fear!
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In Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-37 published August 1975
as The Scarecrow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 published November 2002
as Riddle of the Human Scarecrow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Every One a Hit!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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