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Issue: World's Finest Comics #76
Publication Date: May 1955
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Issues: #76 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/22/1955
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (5 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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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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When Gotham City Challenged Metropolis!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Batman and Robin win another point for that stunt -- but Superman is getting one, too, for rescuing them!
Synopsis: As Batman and Robin perform a trapeze act, Superman grabs a broken line, saving the Dynamic Duo.
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 #76 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Binky Gives "Tips on Camping!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
First Line: Learn how to behave in the out-of-doors
Synopsis: Binky teaches Allergy about camping safety and etiquette.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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When Gotham City Challenged Metropolis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor Vohr
First Line: Can you imagine Batman and Robin moving to Metropolis, while Superman takes their place in Gotham City? Can you imagine...
Synopsis: Batman and Superman have a contest to do the most civic good deeds during a 24-hour period. An electronics convention will be held in the city of the winner.
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In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #179 published October 1968
as When Gotham City Challenged Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #22/1969 published October 1969
as Wettstreit zwischen Metropolis und Gotham City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as When Gotham City Challenged Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Hello, Honey!
Synopsis: Honey keeps turning her back on people -- literally.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Adventures of Alan Ladd #5 published June 1950
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Are you hurt, Fosdick?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Below the Honey in Hollywood story.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
First Line: I'll see if they'll grub-stake me to a job!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: You can't use these unless they're wet!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mechanical Archer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): GAMA (Green Arrow Master Archer)
First Line: The defeat of Green Arrow and Speedy seems inevitable when their greatest invention falls into hoodlum hands! For the robot Gama...
Synopsis: Green Arrow and Speedy invent a robot -- the Green Arrow Master Archer a.k.a. GAMA -- to aid the military, but things go awry when the robot is commandeered by criminals.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Arrowcar; Arrow-Signal; Pilot Arrow; Thermo Arrow
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Detectives Who Chase Insects

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, nature, non-fiction
First Line: Around theh turn of the century, a tiny bug stole into this country from somewhere in Asia, and within a few years, destroyed just about every chestnut tree in the nation.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, teen
First Line: To the boys and girls of America...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Leave it to Leave It to Binky #47 and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #5 with images of each issue's cover.
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The Schooner on Wheels!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, western
Character(s): Captain Matt Horn; Thompson
First Line: It's anchors aweigh for one of the strangest voyages ever made by a sea-going vessel, as under full sail, a three-masted schooner...
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In Content Item: FlagTomahawk #3/1974 published March 1974
as Skonaren på hjul! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTomahawk #11/1982 published October 1982
as Skonaren på hjul [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Identifying even the strangest stamps -- at a glance!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Now You Can Be a "Cracker-Jack" at Auto Repairs!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Thousands of men are raving about this guide!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Judy and Jim Defy Savage Gorilla!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim; Judy; an unnamed gorilla
First Line: Gr-r-rrr!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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