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Issue: World's Finest Comics #11
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #11 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: 07/24/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 92
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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Victory Garden

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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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 #11]; Victory Garden [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art verified by Jack Burnley.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The City of Hate!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inker(s): George Roussos [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Cameo: Jimmy Olsen; Ralph Denning (builder); Franklin Mallory (bank President); Dr. Morris Mowbray; Nicholas Finelli (philanthropist); The Skeptic [Charlie Frost] (villain, introduction, Daily Planet janitor, brother of late Professor Milton Frost)
Synopsis: A deranged lunatic tries to sabotage the Daily Planet by killing four people the newspaper has selected as "The Finest People in the City" through the use of his invention, "The Hate Gas".
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In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 published August 2004
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Credits in Archives are wrong.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
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Pages: 1
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The Little Land That Wasn't There!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Star-Spangled Kid
Character(s): The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Small Time Dictator

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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A Day in Africa!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Drafty
Character(s): Drafty; Tim
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Pages: 4
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Are You Pre-Flight Material?

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 2
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Coupons of Cutthroats!

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Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatara
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 9
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Private Pete
First Line: Oh-oh - Rain!
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Pixture Puzzles
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Pages: 1
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Sand Dunes of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): The Boy Commandos
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]
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Pages: 12
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The Man Who Came Back!

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Genres: informational
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Pages: 8
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Lamp of Justice

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Criminal Who Reversed the Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
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Pages: 10
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A Thief in Time!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Father Time (cameo, splash only); Rob Callender (villain, introduction); Callender's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: An obscure laboratory worker from the future creates a space time warp and arrives in Gotham City, bent on making himself a millionaire before he is drawn back into his own era.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 published November 2002
as A Thief in Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Inker credit verified by Jack Burnley and Fred Ray.

Greater Gotham City existed in 2043.

Oddity: Callender invents a hand generator, which produces a light-absorbing ray that obscures an area in total blackness, much like Dr. Mid-Nite's blackout bomb.
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The Big Eight!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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