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Issue: World's Finest Comics #42
Publication Date: September 1949
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Issues: #42 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: 07/27/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (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
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The Wyoming Kid!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring (Superman); Win Mortimer (Batman & Robin); Howard Sherman (Wyoming Kid)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye (Superman); Win Mortimer (Batman & Robin); Howard Sherman (Wyoming Kid)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder; The Wyoming Kid
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Robin; the Wyoming Kid
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Alphabetical Animal Adventure!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane
Synopsis: Aliens from Uranus come to Earth in flying saucers to collect two of every kind of animal, including humans.
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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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Stan Musial

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Pete
First Line: Gosh, it's awfully small!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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The Unknown Adventure!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
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; Arrowplane
Synopsis: Green Arrow goes to Mars!
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Otto Binder's 1963/1964 listing of his DC credits. 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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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bazooka
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Pages: 1
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The Knights of the Square Table

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Doc and Fatty
Character(s): King Arthur
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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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Watch for Wakely!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jimmy Wakely
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Pages: 1
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On the Vengeance Trail!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ryerson Johnson
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Wyoming Kid
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Pages: 10
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Kids! Play Movies!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Variety
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The Sun-Born Mountain Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bruno Premiani
Inker(s): Bruno Premiani
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Gantry Daniels
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: biography of Gantry Daniels
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mr. District Attorney; Boy Commandos
First Line: Want mystery?
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Pages: 1
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The Varmint and the Wizard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatara
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Pages: 6
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Cowhide in the Clouds

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Pages: 2
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Smokey, the Fire-Preventing Bear Comes to the Rescue of Peter Porkchops

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Otto Feuer ?
Inker(s): Otto Feuer ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, opinion
Feature(s): Peter Porkchops
Character(s): Smokey the Bear
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).
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The Amazing Adventure of Batman and Marco Polo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
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]; Professor Carter Nichols; Marco Polo; Chung Lum; Bahung; Kubla Khan; Wong Tso (advisor to Kubla Khan)
Synopsis: When Bruce and Dick encounter ancient Chinese fireworks with Batman's image, they have Professor Nichols send them back to China in the year 1275 where they encounter Marco Polo.
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Pages: 13
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Follow the Danger Trail with Tomahawk

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tomahawk; Star Spangled Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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