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Issue: World's Finest Comics #4
Publication Date: January 1941
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Issues: #4 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: World's Best Comics Co.
On Sale Date: 11/10/1941
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: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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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 the Boy Wonder
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 #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Fred Ray.
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Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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World's Finest Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Case of the Crime Crusade

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; Lois Lane; Hugh Manton; Dan Bransom (villain)
Synopsis: A series of unusual streetcar accidents are being masterminded by someone and Clark & Lois begin an investigation to uncover the person sabotaging the rail system.
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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 table of contents.
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The Pageant of Plunder

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
Character(s): Zatara
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Story title from table of contents.
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The Skies Scream Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert
Inker(s): Harry Lampert
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: 6
Disclose Notes: Story title from table of contents.
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The Assassin

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Norman Goss
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Mystery of the Modern Methuselah

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Lehti (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Charles Paris
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing (1st in costume)
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Pages: 8
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Now on Sale

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 Conjurer's Case

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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Adventure of the Torpedoed Trawler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jon L. Blummer
Penciller(s): Jon L. Blummer
Inker(s): Jon L. Blummer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon L. Blummer
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Hop Harrigan
Character(s): Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; Miss Snap; Gerry
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: Hmm - Small Fry's sending a smoke signal...
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Pages: 2
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The Story of the Secret Six

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Cliff Young
Inker(s): Cliff Young
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Peter DeWint (hermit miser, death); The Society of Six (villains); Muggs Marks (villain, mentioned but not seen)
Synopsis: The Sandman must overcome a strange gas called Lewisite, developed by the U.S. military after World War I, which is being used under the cover of fog by an insidious group of men bent on theft and murder.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story title from table of contents. First line: "The desolate, rocky shore of Maine -- a lonely house standing on a cliff..."
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And Now the "Big Seven" Becomes the "Big Eight"!

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 Perfect Impersonation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Lampert
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The King
Character(s): The King [King Standish]; the Witch (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Letterer verified by Lampert.
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Gambler's Chance

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eric Carter
Penciller(s): Cliff Young [as Cliff]
Inker(s): Cliff Young [as Cliff]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Radium Treasure Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Chad Grothkopf
Inker(s): Chad Grothkopf
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Lando, Man of Magic
Character(s): Lando
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Ghost Gang Goes West!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Bob Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): George Roussos
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Laff Brunt (villain); The Ghost Gang (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Bruce and Dick are headed out West to visit a dude ranch and end up battling a "Ghost Gang"...something that nearly gets the Caped Crusader hung!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 published November 2002
as The Ghost Gang Goes West! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title in table of contents: "The Riddle of the Phantom Trail."

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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