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Issue: World's Finest Comics #73
Publication Date: November 1954
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Issues: #73 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: 09/22/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (4 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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Superman and Batman Swamis, Inc!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: I see that your long-lost husband and daughter will soon be returned to you!
Synopsis: Batman, acting as a fortune teller, predicts the safe return of a customer's family while Superman flies into the scene with the family in his arms.
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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 #73 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Buzzy Finds "The Key to Success!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Mrs. Brown; Mr. Green
First Line: Okay, Buzzy and Wolfie, you're hired. Be here at 4 sharp Monday!
Synopsis: Buzzy and Wolfie get jobs at a grocery store, but Wolfie is fired because of poor work ethic.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Batman and Superman, Swamis Inc.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fang; Paul James; Jeff (The Fang's henchman)
First Line: Here is the strangest battle ever waged -- a battle between a swami's magic crystal and an ancient lucky sword! And once more it draws together Batman and Superman, that twin nemesis of crime! Follow them along the...
Synopsis: Batman poses as a swami in a circus to lure out a superstitious criminal, and Superman helps him by making his predictions come true.
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In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #170 published October 1967
as Batman and Superman, Swamis Inc. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman and Batman Album #3 published November 1968
as Batman and Superman, Swamis Inc. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as Batman and Superman Swamis, Inc. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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For Quick Energy -- and Good Taste Too!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Two things I go for, Tootsie Tolls and my bike!
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Pages: 1
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The Amazing Story of Dick Kinney

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Nothing fazed him -- not even blindness and deafness -- in battling his way to achieve his ambition
Synopsis: Article talks about Richard Kinney, who published two volumes of poetry and graduated as valedictorian of his class at Mount Union College despite being deaf and blind.
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Agile Batman

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Batman Word Hunt
First Line: Using only letters in the keywords, can you spell 15 four-letter words in 15 minutes? One word has been inserted to show an example. A list of possible answers appears below. Pencil ready -- watch synchronized? The word hunt is on!
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Pages: 1
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The Yankee Schoolmaster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: historical, western
Character(s): Percival Proudfeather; Blue Otter
First Line: Who'd think of using lessons in Latin as a weapon against savage redskins? Nobody but Percival Proudfeather, tutor to rich men's sons! And if you doubt the value of dancing minuets in a peril-packed wilderness, you may...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Pete's mother
First Line: Oh Mommy!
Synopsis: Pete complains to his mother someone is saying bad things about him, then shows her his report card, where the teacher has given him C's and D's.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens
First Line: That artist asked Tim to pose for him --
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Above the Editorial Advisory Board
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[untitled]

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
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Things You May Not Know About Your Dog

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Unlikely as it may seem, he probably knows more about you
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Pages: 1
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The Hercules Arrow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Glynn; Matty Winston (crook)
First Line: The arrow had come down, through the centuries, an arrow that could perform awesome deeds! But this was all a phoney legend, for no arrow could possibly split open mighty mountains or silence fearsome thunderstorms! Or...
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Pages: 6
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Now More Than Ever

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Fox and the Crow cover)
Inker(s): ? (Fox and the Crow cover)
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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, nature, superhero
Character(s): Danny Dennis
First Line: -- Look for this famous symbol
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The ad promotes Superman #93, Adventures of Bob Hope #29, Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #18 and Fox and the Crow #20 with images of each cover, though in some cases colored differently from final publication of those issues.
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Boys! Girls! Mothers! Dads! Take 'Em Free!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: 100 stamps! All different -- from every corner of the globe!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: In 10 minutes of fun a day I changed myself
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Delicious for folks of action!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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