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Issue: World's Finest Comics #25
Publication Date: November 1946
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Issues: #25 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: 09/25/1946
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 (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
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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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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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 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 #25 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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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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Mad Weather in Metropolis!

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): Stan Kaye ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Joe Parkus; Mrs. Parkus; Ed Rook (villain); Slapsy (villain)
Synopsis: Lois gets demoted to doing the weather reports for the Planet, so she deliberately makes them as weird as possible, hoping to get fired. At the same time, small time hoods have forced a sporting goods retailer, whose wife they have kidnapped, to buy out-of-season mechandise on his G.I. loan, threatening to take the money and scram. But Superman steps in and helps solve the problems of both Lois and the retailer at the same time by making Lois' weird predictions come true.
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In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published December 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Bo McMillin

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Magic Broadcast!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson ?
Penciller(s): William F. White (signed)
Inker(s): William F. White (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatara
Character(s): Zatara
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lit-Win
Penciller(s): Lit-Win (signed)
Inker(s): Lit-Win (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
First Line: It sure was a good idea buying this car in partnership!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mountain of the Outlaws!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
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
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shorty
First Line: Coming, Boss! On th' run!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Blueprint for Peace!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
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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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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N Is for Newfoundland

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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First Day

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ben Ballard
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Green Error

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson ?
Penciller(s): George Papp (signed)
Inker(s): George Papp (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Bull's-Eye (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Don't miss these new issues...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Famous First Crimes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
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]; Frank Folland (engineer, introduction); John Torrence (manufacturer, introduction); Martha; George Sellman (villain, former partner of Folland, introduction)
Synopsis: A heated argument between two inventors leads one to spoil the exhibits of Frank Folland so that he (George Sellman) can steal the invention himself.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published June 2004
as The Famous First Crimes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The Batplane changes into the Bat-Sub in this story.

Inker credit verified by Jerry Bails. 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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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Utility Stores
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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): Kodak
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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How Thom McAn Stopped the Bus Smash-Up

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thom McAn
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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