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Issue: World's Finest Comics #16
Publication Date: January 1944
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Issues: #16 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: 10/24/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (9 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Batman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published December 2009
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 published November 2002
as Cover - World's Finest Comics #16 [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
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Music for the Masses

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron ? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
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; Mr. Holloway (store floor walker); Jimmy Royce; Doris Dawson; Sue; George Cummings (music publisher); J. Wilbur Wolfingham (villain)
Synopsis: A young unpublished songwriter heads for the big city in order to sell some of his snappy tunes, but no one agrees to give him a chance until Wilbur Wolfingham steps into the scene, and Superman has to take a hand to see that the young man is not fleeced, but given the opportunity to strut his stuff before a noted publisher.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published December 2009
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Inker(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: All right -- I get it!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Secret of the Vulnerable Vault!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Maurice del Bourgo
Inker(s): Maurice del Bourgo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Here They Come!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lionel
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Bursting Banks!

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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Sport Short

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Good Nazis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; the Nazis (villains)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Potential letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
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Perfect Alibi

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller [as Jesse Merlan]
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Fantastic Fans!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Jon Small
Inker(s): Jon Small
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Star-Spangled Kid
Character(s): Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Pilots Are Where You Find Them!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): John Daly (signed)
Inker(s): John Daly (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Johnny Everyman
Character(s): Johnny Everyman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
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Flying Models of Famous Fighter Planes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mountaineers of Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alvin Schwartz
Penciller(s): Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inker(s): Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Minton (plant executive); Edmund Sneeves (archaeologist); The McKees [Jeb; rest unnamed]; the Chatfields [Ike (plant foreman); rest unnamed]; Dave (villain); Snuffy (villain); Burly (villain); Nocky Johnson (villain)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin become involved in a deadly rivalry between two country families, instigated by a man who hoodwinked one of the clans to help steal lens-grinding machines and hold them for ransom.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 published November 2002
as The Mountaineers of Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Writer credit confirmed by Alvin Schwartz in June, 2005.

The masthead reads "Batman".
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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): Let's Go to College
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Private Pete
First Line: Private Pete, a Captain Smithers is coming over this afternoon.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Captain Tootsie and the Toy Cannon

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

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