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Issue: World's Finest Comics #51
Publication Date: April 1951
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Issues: #51 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/31/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
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]
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tomahawk
First Line: Millions of readers know...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Amazing Talents of Lois Lane!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alvin Schwartz ?
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Lois Lane (feature); Perry White
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Pages: 12
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nabisco Shredded Wheat
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Let's go in and hear our fortunes!
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Pages: 0.5
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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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The Hunter of Humans!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow; Arrowplane
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The Arrowplane is green.
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Royal Desserts
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): H. T. Elmo (signed)
Penciller(s): H. T. Elmo (signed)
Inker(s): H. T. Elmo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Quick Quiz
First Line: Do bears sometimes eat their own cubs?
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Pages: 0.67
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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Pages: 0.33
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Doomsday in Atlantis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Barry
Inker(s): Dan Barry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor
Character(s): Lira of Atlantis (intro); Tom Sparks; Nick Sparks
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Pages: 8
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Auto-Racing Maniac!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Farr
Penciller(s): Jack Farr
Inker(s): Jack Farr
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Vitamin Vic
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Pages: 4
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Captain Tootsie in the North Woods

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Schreiber
Inker(s): Bill Schreiber
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
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Superman Says: "Human Rights for All!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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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 Outlaws of Lightning Hollow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox ?
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Wyoming Kid
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Pages: 10
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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, teen
Feature(s): Jerry the Jitterbug
First Line: I bet I can!
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Pages: 0.75
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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): Columbia
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Pages: 0.25
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mystery in Space
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Pages: 1
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Arabian Knight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Kashdan ?
Penciller(s): Ralph Mayo
Inker(s): Ralph Mayo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatara
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 6
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A Horseshoe Full of Diamonds

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: history of New York's Metropolitan Opera House
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The Academy for Gangsters!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Vern
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
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]; Commissioner James Gordon; Boston Burns (ex-con, crime school founder); unnamed police officers; unnamed police scientists; unnamed police cadets; Trask (henchman); unnamed criminals; Rudy (henchman); unnamed pilots; unnamed coast guard officer
Synopsis: Upon his release from prison, ex-convict Boston Burns decides to set up a school on a remote island to train criminals in proper techniques of crime. Batman goes undercover to find the school's location, but when his cover is blown, he is trapped on the island with an army of criminals searching for him.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Novelty Mart
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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