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Issue: World's Finest Comics #20
Publication Date: January 1945
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Issues: #20 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: 10/23/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of October 26 in ad in Flash Comics #68.
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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
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(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 #2 published December 2009
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published June 2004
as Cover - World's Finest Comics #20 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits verified 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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The Toyman: Super-Scientist!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Penciller(s): Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inker(s): Don Komisarow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Inspector Kerrigan; Professor Vining; The Toyman (villain)
Synopsis: Superman must retrieve a super secret invention, the human wavelength detector, from the clutches of the Toyman, but finds it a challenge as the villain has set the machine to pick up the electrical vibrations of the Man of Tomorrow.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published December 2009
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Speedy Wheeler Saves the Day and Wins a Bike

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Inker(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Well, if you must know...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Larceny without Loot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Maurice del Bourgo
Inker(s): Maurice del Bourgo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shorty
First Line: When I give the sign...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Money Talks!

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: 7
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Brooklyn Botches the Bakas!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): The Boy Commandos
Character(s): Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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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): Lionel Trains
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Foxhole Sailor: A True Adventure of the Fighting Coast Guard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Penciller(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Almost Perfect

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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George Tanaka, American!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): John Daly (signed)
Inker(s): John Daly (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Johnny Everyman
Character(s): Johnny Everyman; George Tanaka
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Don Hutson

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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King of Coins!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inker(s): Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Granger; The Coin King [Lew Cronin; aka Mark Medalion] (villain, introduction); Lucky Smith (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin soon see through a scheme by a wheel-chair bound coin dealer to provide "sure-fire" treasure maps to people in return for half the loot!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published June 2004
as King of Coins! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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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How Thom McAn Captured the Fire-Bug

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Captain Tootsie and the Return of Dr. Narsty

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 Roll
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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