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Issue: World's Finest Comics #30
Publication Date: September 1947
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Issues: #30 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/28/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (8 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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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 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 #30 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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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Sheriff Clark Kent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Ed Hollis (Mayor of Saddle Fork); Roaring Pete (Deputy); Catawampus Jones (villain, prospector); the Rockdust Bandits [Hardpan; others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis: When Clark accidentally knocks out members of the Rockdust Gang, who are smuggling out stolen gold from town, the timid reporter is made Sheriff of Saddle Rock. But it's Superman who uncovers the identity of the real criminal boss of the gang.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published December 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Eddie Stanky

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Crime Goes to Press!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
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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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Shredded Wheat
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Timid Terror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): William F. White
Inker(s): William F. White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatara
Character(s): Zatara
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Berube
Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Willy
First Line: Mmmm -- Boy, I smell pies!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Overturned Canoe

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bright Star Flashlight Battery
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Black Gold of Red Valley!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
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]; Rollo, the World's Fattest Man (villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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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Stick-Up

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Bevin
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Havoc on Wheels!

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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More Exciting Than Fiction!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Real Fact Comics
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Trapping a Bandit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Penny Plunderers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Bob Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Burnley
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]; J. J. Withers (introduction); Joe Coyne (villain, introduction); Skinny (villain, introduction, death); Mike (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Throughout his life, Joe Coyne felt threatened, done in by pennies and coppers, so he decides to use the "copper penny" as a trademark of his crimes.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #256 published May 1974
as The Penny Plunderers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #8/1976 published January 1976
as Pennyplundrarna [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #8/1976 published August 1976
as Penny-tyvene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Forties #[nn] published May 2004
as The Penny Plunderers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published June 2004
as The Penny Plunderers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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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): Parker Johns
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Top Favorite!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Gumps
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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