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Issue: World's Finest Comics #78
Publication Date: September 1955
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Issues: #78 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: 07/17/1955
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (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
Format Notes:  
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When Superman's Identity Is Exposed!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
First Line: Attention, everybody! Here comes our third guest of honor, Superman otherwise known as Clark Kent!
Synopsis: Superman, Batman and Robin are shocked as an announcer reveals the Man of Steel's secret identity before a gathered coliseum crowd.
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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 #78 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Judy and Jim Defy Savage Gorilla!

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Character(s): Jim; Judy; an unnamed gorilla
First Line: Gr-r-rrr!
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Pages: 1
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When Superman's Identity Is Exposed

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): the Varrel Mob
First Line: Must douse that sign -- before it's too late!
Synopsis: Someone has been announcing that Clark Kent is Superman and challenging Superman to prove it false. Superman asks Batman and Robin to help him find the culprit.
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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 When Superman's Identity Is Exposed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Boys! Girls! Enter the Big Tootsie Roll Contest -- Now!

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First Line: Win one fo these valuable prizes!
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Willie
First Line: Oh, Willie it's nice of you to take me out on a date.
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Pages: 0.5
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"Wings" Winchester Saves the Movie Theater

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): "Wings" Winchester; an unnamed boy; an unnamed girl; unnamed firefighters
First Line: Wings'll turn in the alarm.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Below the Bebe story.
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Green Arrow -- Ace Reporter

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Duke Conroy; Chuck Davis; Mr. Fowler
First Line: Wowie! This rescue is page one news, G.A.!
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Spike
Character(s): Spike
First Line: I'm gonna try fishing like the Eskimos!
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In Content Item: FlagColossal Comic #13 published April 1960
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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Amazing Gold-Plated Miniature Spy Camera

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First Line: Measures only 2 inches wide and 1¼ inches tall...
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bill Brown; Jane
First Line: Excuse me a minute, Jane. There's Bill Brown. I want to see him.
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Gangway, Fosdick! We're bustin' out!!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Below the Varsity Vic story.
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The Adventures of Hubert the Hippo

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Hubert the hippopotamus; Jim Marshall; unnamed first-person narrator
First Line: I happened to be watching young Jim Marshall from the river bank as he paddled his boat aimlessly in the narrow African river.
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The Frontier Peacemakers

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Genres: historical, western
Character(s): Adam Severe; Seneca Indians; Chief Long Arrow; Clayton [crooked Land Agent]
First Line: There's Tomahawk! Seize him!
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Pages: 5.67
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Daisy Gunbook Ready!

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First Line: For boys girls and dads
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the bottom of the last page of the Tomahawk story.
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631 Movie & TV Star Pictures 25¢

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First Line: Exciting new collection!
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$7.18 Worth of Stamps

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First Line: Giant imported collection of 338 different stamps
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Disclose Notes: Below the DeLuxe Photo Service ad.
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Do You Need Extra Money?

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First Line: $35.00 is yours for selling only 50 boxes of our 300 Christmas card line
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The Insult That Turned a "Chump" Into a Champ

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Character(s): Joe; Joe's unnamed girl friend
First Line: Look, Joe, let's see if you can make it ring, too
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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If You Get a Stunning $10.98 Dress Without Paying 1¢

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First Line: ...will you wear and show it in your community?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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