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Issue: World's Finest Comics #74
Publication Date: January 1955
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Issues: #74 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: 11/24/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (6 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
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The Contest of Heroes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Look, Robin, there's the Bat-Signal summoning us to headquarters -- but what's that?
Synopsis: As the Bat-signal shines in the night sky, Batman and Robin question the appearance of a similar Super-Signal while Superman soars through the air en route to where he is needed.
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In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #58 [British] published January 1955
as The Contest of Heroes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Fifties #[nn] [unnamed variant] published November 2002
as Superman's Pals [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as World's Finest Comics #74 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Do You Want Spending Money?

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First Line: Sell these popular Patriotic and Religious Mottoes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Contest of Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): an alien from an asteroid-world (antagonist)
First Line: I've got to hit one of these Batmen! I hope I've picked the right one!
Synopsis: An automated rocket returns a shape-shifting alien to Earth where it wants to play games with Superman and Batman.
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In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #58 [British] published January 1955
as The Contest of Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #15 published October 1965
as The Contest of Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as The Contest of Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The space alien shape-shifts into a form that is half Batman and half Superman, very similar to the Composite Superman who first appeared nearly a decade later in World's Finest Comics #142.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Tootsie Rolls will be on television in the Tootsie Land float in the Macy's great Thanksgiving Day Parade
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[untitled]

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First Line: Hey, kids, look! Now you can have a suit exactly like mine... and join my official fan club, too!
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Pardon me, I noticed you sitting there -- and --
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Pages: 1
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Green Arrow's Kid Brother!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bobby Draves; Duke Draves (crook)
First Line: Green Arrow's my big brother! Go get 'em, G.A.! Get 'em!
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Green Arrow wears a red hat.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Clark Vanson
First Line: I'm lucky to get off the set so early! Now to hurry home and get some rest!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: This sweater is pure wool. The finest grade!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the top half of the page above the following sequence.
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Match your wits with the Smith Brothers

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First Line: There was once a young felow named Perry / Who caught a bad cold on a ferry / He stopped all his hacking / And sent his cough packing...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the bottom half of the page below the preceding sequence.
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
Character(s): Ruffy
First Line: Look -- there's Ruffy! He's been braggin' he could spend a night in the ol' haunted house!
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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First Line: This is a good thing to avoid!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the bottom half of the page below the preceding sequence.
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Doctors Without Degrees

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: In an emergency they will fill a tooth or remove an appendix; it's all in a day's work for the Navy's wonder men of medicine
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Reprint Notes: from All Hands, The Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin (see Notes)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This article is an edited version of an original article that appeared in the June 1954 issue of the United States Navy's All Hands magazine. The full version can be read at the Navy's online archive (https://allhands.navy.mil/Media/Archives/).
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Gray Wolf's Revenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: historical, western
Character(s): Chief Slayer-of-Bears; Grey Wolf (also in flashback)
First Line: Tomahawk and Dan Hunter have come here to make trouble for us! I say -- death to them!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTomahawk #1/1974 published January 1974
as Grå Vargens hämnd! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTomahawk #13/1982 published December 1982
as Grå Vargens hämnd! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Yippee! Ride it cowboy!

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First Line: The Schwinn Corvette brand new "super-speed" design Just take a ride on this newest bike in the big Schwinn line and you'll see why the Corvette gives you more fun... more zip... more thrills!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Schwinn's Corvette model.
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Hey Kids!!

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Character(s): Mr. Bluster; Clarabell; Dilly Dally; Flub-a-Dub; Howdy Doody;
First Line: Send for the new Howdy Doody color television set
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Pages: 1
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Identify Even the Strangest Stamps -- at a Glance!

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First Line: Now, no stamp need puzzle you -- no matter how strange it looks. Look at the Oriental script on the enlarged stamp at left. How could you possibly tell what country it comes from. But with the stamp identifier at your side...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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New Daisy Lightning Loader Red Ryder Carbine

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First Line: Ready for Christmas
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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