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Issue: World's Finest Comics #72
Publication Date: September 1954
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Issues: #72 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: 07/14/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; 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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Fort Crime!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Superman and Batman in one adventure together...
Synopsis: As men fire cannons and guns from the top of a fort, Superman soars forward, fending off the armaments with his fists, while Batman and Robin trail behind, clinging to the Man of Steel's cape.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as World's Finest Comics #72 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
First Line: I hear Buzzy and Susie are doing some part-time work these days -- and for nothing, too, the saps!
Synopsis: Buzzy and Susie play with, teach and act as mentors for kids at Cupcake Center Day Camp.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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Fort Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Superman and Batman must find out who has been supplying weapons to the Heavy-Weapons Gang.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #224 published July 1974
as Fort Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as Fort Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #114 published ?
as Fort Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1 lists Stan Kaye inks. Klein/Reed and Archives incorrectly list Paris inks.
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First Line: We're blastin' off to the moon -- and taking along plenty of Tootsie Rolls!
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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Your week would be incomplete without it!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye Superman image incorporated into this puzzle page.
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The Flying Archers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: High above the streets resound the twangs of two might bows as Green Arrow and Speedy, emerald archers of justice, take to the air! But why, gangland soon begins to wonder, do the battling bowmen avoid fighting crime on...
Synopsis: When Oliver sprains his ankle, Green Arrow takes to the air.
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Green Arrow wears a red hat.
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Three Exciting New Adventures

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Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the last page of the previous story sequence. The ad promotes "Batman -- Indian Chief!," "The Voyage of the First Batmarine!" and "The Joker's Winning Team" (here called "The Joker's Crime Team!"), all from Batman #86. It also includes an image of that issue's cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
First Line: There's nothing I like better than a parade!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Above the Editorial Advisory Board
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Below the Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids advertisement. Includes a plug for polio research.
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[untitled]

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First Line: A miser won't mind parting with this!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Plumes of Peril

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: They belonged to the birds of paradise, and fear didn't deter courageous adventurers from hunting them.
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Pages: 2
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The Talons of Terror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: historical, western
Character(s): the Black Falcon
First Line: The Black Falcon... eerie marauder of the night, who struck terror into the hearts of those who traveled the back roads along the frontier! None knew his real identity -- none could stop him! Then, from out of the woods...
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Pages: 6
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Here He Is --

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: The one and old Jimmy Olsen together with the one and only Superman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The ad promotes Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1 including three stories inside ("The Boy of 100 Faces!," "The Man of Steel's Substitute!" and "The Case of the Lumberjack Jinx!"). It also includes an image of the issue's cover and artwork from the splash panel of "The Boy of 100 Faces!" (recolored).
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Do You Need Money?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: $35.00 is yours for selling only 50 boxes of our 300 Christmas card line. And this can be done in a single day. Free samples. Other leading boxes on approval. Many surprise items. It costs you nothing to try. Mail coupon below today.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Come on, Buddy, quit being a bag-of-bones weakling like I was
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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How Chuck's Fineline Pen Got Him in the Movies!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fineline
Character(s): Chuck; Gene Troy
First Line: Hollywood's biggest star!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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