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Issue: World's Finest Comics #144
Publication Date: September 1964
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Issues: #144 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/23/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in 80 Page Giant Magazine #2 and 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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Digital Edition
Adult Image
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The 1,001 Tricks of Clayface and Brainiac!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Clayface [Matt Hagen]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #2 published December 2008
as World's Finest Comics #144 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).
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Fighting Ships

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Helen of Toy.
Inside front cover.
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The 1,000 Tricks of Clayface and Brainiac!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Clayface [Matt Hagen]
Synopsis: Brainiac frees Clayface from prison and the two of them team up against Superman and Batman.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #2 published December 2008
as The 1,000 Tricks of Clayface and Brainiac! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #2 published December 2008
as The Helpless Partners! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Batman reveals ID to Jimmy.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Tootsie Rolls go on and on...
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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First Line: Boys and girls!
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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First Line: Use coupon below...
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Pages: 0.5
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Well Worth Digging For...

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Genres: anthropomorphic
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Pages: 0.67
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How Superman and Batman Learned Each Other's Secret Identities

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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[The 1,000 Tricks of Clayface and Brainiac!] Part II: The Helpless Partners!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Clayface [Matt Hagen]
Synopsis: Jimmy Olsen helps Batman and Robin helps Superman to defeat Brainiac and Clayface.
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Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

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Character(s): L. C. Leprechaun
First Line: 'Tis luck to catch a leprechaun!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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First Line: What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: Yes, Rock, Cheerios are indeed my favorite cereal!
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Pages: 1
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The Manhunt on Land!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): "Shark" Norton; The Wizard [Horace Kates]; Topo
Synopsis: The Shark and The Wizard excape from jail. The Shark decides to operate on land but Aquaman captures him anyway.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #267 published December 1959
was The Manhunt on Land! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of story; continued in Green Arrow story "The Underwater Archers" in the next issue.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: First letter column with title (suggested by Elaine C. Maier). Letters from David Johnson, Greg Nieman, Richard Leonetti, Tommy Maniscalco, and Ann Peek.
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[untitled]

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First Line: I like chocolate fudge best!
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Pages: 0.33
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100 pc Toy Soldiers $1.25

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Pages: 0.5
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204 pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set

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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Which way is the zoo, officer?
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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First Line: Can you– bounce higher than a rubber ball?
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[untitled]

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First Line: Boys, girls, men, women...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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104 Fighting Kings' Knights

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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