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Issue: World's Finest Comics #26
Publication Date: January 1947
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Issues: #26 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: World's Best Comics Co.
On Sale Date: 11/27/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (8 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder; Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published December 2009
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published June 2004
as Cover - World's Finest Comics #26 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published June 2004
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Penciler credit verified by Burnley.
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The World's Finest Heroes Go to Town in the World's Finest Action Stories!

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Confessions of Superman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Lois Lane; Benny Call; The Prankster (villain, cameo); Mr. Mxyztplk (villain, cameo); Lex Luthor (villain, cameo); Meadows (villain, Call's butler)
Synopsis: The publisher of Ace Publishing Company offers Superman $50,000 for charity if he will write his autobiography, but when Lois delivers the 125,000 word manuscript, the publisher rejects it as far-fetched and a pack of lies.
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In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published December 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Frank Thomas

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Magic by Proxy!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
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Two of America's Most Famous Boys!

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Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics; Robin; Adventure Comics; Superboy
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Pages: 1
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Land Beyond the Sky!

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]
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Pages: 12
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A Prevue of Magazines Now Selling at Your Dealers!

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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Bebe, take this chocolate cake right over to Mrs. Duncan...
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Pages: 2
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The Spirit of '46!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Johnny Everyman
Character(s): Johnny Everyman
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Pages: 8
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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O Is for Opposum

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Pages: 0.67
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The Last Mile

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Human Fly Crimes!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; the Hye Brothers (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 10
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His Highness, Prince Robin!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson; also as Prince Stefan]; Prince Stefan [also as Robin] (of Valonia, introduction); Count Lasha (of Valonia, introduction); Baron Ferric (villain, introduction); Sparks Farrell (villain, introduction); Farrell's thugs (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: When the life of a Prince is at stake, Dick Grayson (who looks identical to the Prince) steps into the role of the Prince. But Batman wishes that the Prince had not stepped into the role of Robin!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published June 2004
as His Highness, Prince Robin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Circus Candy Factory
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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How Thom McAn Prevented a Cave Disaster

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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