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Issue: World's Finest Comics #14
Publication Date: January 1944
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Issues: #14 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: 04/25/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (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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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): Jack Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
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 #14 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits confirmed by Burnley.
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The World's Finest Heroes Go to Town in the World's Finest Action Stories!

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Desert Town!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron [as Jerry Siegel]? (signed)
Penciller(s): 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; Jim Jaspers (prospector); James Hibbard (chemical manufacturer); Miss Sparkes; Al Bandar (villain); Ike (villain)
Synopsis: Jim Jaspers wants to keep his town in Painted Valley a ghost town, but when criminals invade his domain (having kidnapped Lois and stolen a valuable ruby back in Metropolis) and discover his mother lode of gold, Superman has to enter the picture.
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In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 published August 2004
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Credits in Archives are wrong.
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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): Wheaties
First Line: Joe loses his grip every time...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom McNamara (signed)
Penciller(s): Tom McNamara (signed)
Inker(s): Tom McNamara (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grandpa Peters - By Lefty O'Grady
First Line: No fair peeking...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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High Finance!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Cliff Young [as Cliff]
Inker(s): Steve Brodie [as Steve]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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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): Popsicle
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Special Delivery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Stan Kaye
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Drafty and Tim
Character(s): Drafty; Tim
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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No Room for Sentiment

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Wallace
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Thuggery in the Theatre!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Cliff Young
Inker(s): Steve Brodie
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
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: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Houlihan (signed)
Penciller(s): Ray Houlihan (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Houlihan (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Molly
First Line: I've got an idea...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Be a Magician! Turn Waste Paper Into War Weapons!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis: Superman puts on a special show, for 100 pounds of waste paper as an admission price, to demonstrate to the kids how that much waste paper can be transformed into 115 cardboard boxes which can hold ten 20mm shells.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Task Force to Tokyo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby ? (layouts); Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Probably illustrated from Jack Kirby layouts according to Jerry Bails.
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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): Wheaties
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The History of the Harried Hypnotist!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): William F. White
Inker(s): William F. White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatara
Character(s): Zatara
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Murder Scoop

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Ware
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Tops in Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Salvage Scavengers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Chipps (introduction, fisherman); Captain Moss (introduction); Jib Buckler (villain, ex-con, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Mysterious boat sinkings and explosions, used to cover those explosions, lead the Dynamic Duo into a case involving deep sea salvaging.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 published November 2002
as Salvage Scavengers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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How to Make Your Body Bring You Fame ...Instead of Shame!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Captain Tootsie and the Bumbershoot Jump!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rod Reed
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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