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Issue: World's Finest Comics Archives #1
Publication Date: May 1999
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Issues: #1 of 3 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Archive EditionsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 03/17/1999
Volume: 1
Pages: 232
ISBN: 1563894882
UPC/EAN: 76194121715400111
Price: $78.50 CAD
$49.95 USD
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Content Items: 39 (16 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
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Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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31 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagSuperman #76 published May 1952 was The Mightiest Team in the World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #71 published July 1954 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #71 published July 1954 was Batman - Double for Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #72 published September 1954 was Fort Crime! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #72 published September 1954 was Fort Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #73 published November 1954 was Superman and Batman Swamis, Inc! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #73 published November 1954 was Batman and Superman, Swamis Inc. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #74 published January 1955 was The Contest of Heroes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #74 published January 1955 was The Contest of Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #75 published March 1955 was The New Team of Superman and Robin! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #75 published March 1955 was Superman and Robin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #76 published May 1955 was When Gotham City Challenged Metropolis! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #76 published May 1955 was When Gotham City Challenged Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #77 published July 1955 was The Super-Batman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #77 published July 1955 was The Super Bat-Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #78 published September 1955 was When Superman's Identity Is Exposed! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #78 published September 1955 was When Superman's Identity Is Exposed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #79 published November 1955 was The Three Magicians of Bagdad! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #79 published November 1955 was The Three Magicians of Bagdad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #80 published January 1956 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #80 published January 1956 was The Super-Newspaper of Gotham City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #81 published March 1956 was The True History of Superman and Batman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #81 published March 1956 was The True History of Superman and Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #82 published May 1956 was The Three Super Musketeers! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #82 published May 1956 was The Three Super-Musketeers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #83 published July 1956 was The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #83 published July 1956 was The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #84 published September 1956 was The Super-Mystery of Metropolis! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #84 published September 1956 was The Super-Mystery of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #85 published November 1956 was The Super-Rivals! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWorld's Finest Comics #85 published November 1956 was The Super-Rivals [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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World's Finest Comics Archives Volume 1

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The Mightiest Team on Earth!

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Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]
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The Mightiest Team in the World!

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; John Smilter; Lois Lane; Gell; Commissioner James Gordon
Synopsis: Superman and Batman learn each other's secret identities when they meet on a cruise while trying to find a diamond thief.
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Disclose Notes: This story was originally reprinted from the World's Finest Comics #179 reprint, including its revised splash page introductory text. A sticker with the original text was included with some copies of the first printing and the text was corrected to the original text in later printings.

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[untitled]

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Batman - Double for Superman!

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Shorty (villain)
Synopsis: Lois accidentally learns Superman's identity while he is trying to rescue Batman and Robin, so Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne exchange roles to convince Lois that Clark is not Superman.
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Fort Crime!

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Fort Crime!

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Heavy-Weapons Gang
Synopsis: Superman and Batman must find out who has been supplying weapons to the Heavy-Weapons Gang.
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Batman and Superman Swamis, Inc!

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Batman and Superman, Swamis Inc.

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; The Fang; Paul James; Jeff (The Fang's henchman)
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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The Contest of Heroes!

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The Contest of Heroes

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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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The New Team of Superman and Robin!

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Superman and Robin!

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Perry White; The Purple Mask Mob (villains)
Synopsis: When Batman is laid up with a broken leg (or so he thinks), Superman comes to Gotham City to help Robin track down the Purple Mask Mob, but it's Batman who cracks the case.
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When Gotham City Challenged Metropolis!

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When Gotham City Challenged Metropolis

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Commissioner Gordon; Professor Vohr
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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The Super-Batman!

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The Super Bat-Man!

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Commissioner Gordon; Professor Pender; Alfred Pennyworth
Synopsis: Superman and Batman are both on the trail of Prof. Pender, a criminal genius. But when they find him, Pender exposes Superman to a "decharging ray," which takes away his powers, and Batman accidentally steps in front of Pender's activated super-charging machine, giving him super-powers. While Superman and Batman adjust to their new abilities, they track down Pender and stop him from re-creating his super-charging ray and using it on himself.
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When Superman's Identity Is Exposed!

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When Superman's Identity Is Exposed

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Perry White; The Varrel Mob
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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The Three Magicians of Bagdad!

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The Three Magicians of Bagdad

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Carter Nichols; Lois Lane; Aladdin; Abdullah; 40 Thieves
Synopsis: Batman and Robin are sent into the past by Dr. Nichols, but he is unable to return them to the present. He calls upon Superman to help him, so Superman travels to the past to meet Batman and Robin. Together, they help Aladdin by having Superman pose as the genii in Aladdin's lamp.
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The Super-Newspaper of Gotham City

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Perry White; Lois Lane; John Hall (Editor, Gotham Gazette); The Mole [Mr. Harrah]
Synopsis: Perry White sends Clark and Lois to Gotham to help save the Gotham Gazette. Superman and Batman try to find out what crime story editor John Hall was working on before he was hospitalized.
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The True History of Superman and Batman!

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Character(s): Ka-Thur; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The True History of Superman and Batman

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Ka Thar (spelled Ka-Thar on the cover); Shark Slaney
Synopsis: Ka Thar comes from the future, but his history book is inaccurate, so he forced Superman and Batman to redo some super-feats to match his history book.
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The Three Super-Musketeers!

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The Three Super-Musketeers!

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Character(s): Dr. Carter Nichols; D'Artagnan; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Count Ferney; Chancellor Bourdet
Synopsis: Clark, Bruce, and Dick are sent into the past by Dr. Nichols to discover the identity of the Man in the Iron Mask.
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The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery!

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mother Goose; Humpty Dumpty; Cat and the Fiddle
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The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Humpty Dumpty; Dr. King; Mousey [Jones]; Mother Goose; R. Melville; McKenna brothers and their nephew; "Foots" Moley
Synopsis: Mystery Inc has set up a mystery for three high-paying clients so they can pretend to be Batman, Robin and Superman. A mix-up of dates causes the real superheroes to assume the parts that were to be played by the clients, and stop a real robbery in the process.
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The Super-Mystery of Metropolis!

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The Super-Mystery of Metropolis!

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superboy [Clark Kent](flashback); Lois Lane; Perry White; Ma Kent (Flashback); Pa Kent (Flashback); Thad Linnis; Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback)
Synopsis: Superman believes that Thad Linnis knows his secret identity, so when Thad demands he leave Metropolis, Superman does. Superman reveals to Batman and Robin a tale of his youth in Smallville, and discovers that the young boy that he thinks may have discovered his identity was actually a young Bruce Wayne.
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The Super-Rivals!

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The Super-Rivals

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Vicki Vale; Lois Lane; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Princess Varina; Count Zitu; Perry White; Commissioner Gordon; Captain Stefan; Pete Kaney's Mob
Synopsis: When Princess Varina comes to America, Batman and Superman seem to both have fallen in love with her and fight for her attention.
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Gallery

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Disclose Notes: A selection of covers from World's Best Comics (#1) and World's Finest Comics (#2, 5, 16, 7, 23, 9, 27, 57, 37, 58, 51, 64, 67, 65, 69, and 66) featuring Superman, Batman, and Robin from before they began teaming up in stories.
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Contributors

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