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Issue: World's Finest Comics #32
Publication Date: January 1948
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Issues: #32 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/26/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (10 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder; Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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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 #32 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Roadmaster
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man Who Could Not Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Swami Elhamid (introduction); Lucky Starr [Joe Starr] (villain, introduction); Trigger (villain, introduction, death); Peteman Eddie (villain, introduction)
First Line: Would you like to read a newspaper dated for next year...today?
Synopsis: When Lucky Starr visits a swami, he is told that he was born under a lucky star and he will get a sign from the future. He does: a newspaper published one year in the future that tells when he dies, so Lucky decides to shoot the works and become Public Enemy Number One!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published June 2004
as The Man Who Could Not Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Western Comics
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Pages: 1
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The Case of the Camera Crimes!

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; The Director (villain, introduction)
First Line: There is no such thing as "the prefect crime!"
Synopsis: The Director gives a master class in robbery to his henchmen by using filmed reconstructions. During the commission of a crime, Green Arrow and Speedy capture all but the big boss. Annoyed and frustrated The Director orders his men to bring every piece of footage they have of Green Arrow in action. They build a tank which is impervious to every type of arrow known to have been used by the archer duo. Green Arrow fires an arrow onto the roof of the tank, but nothing happens. The men inside are freaked out and are arrested as they exit. Green Arrow explains that he used a curiosity arrow.
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Pages: 10
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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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Erector
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Pages: 1
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The Bandits and the Books!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
First Line: Once upon a time there were some crooked characters...
Synopsis: Zatara uses his magic to bring characters from illustrated books to life and prevent robberies.
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Pages: 7
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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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Bebe
First Line: Did you get your list for Santa Claus all finished, Bebe?
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Pages: 2
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Piffle, the Rough Rider
Character(s): Piffle
First Line: Here's your horse!
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Pages: 0.5
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Rescue from the Wreck

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bright Star Flashlight Battery
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The Killer with the Golden Voice!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn [aka Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter; Golden Voice (villain); Carson; Beansy Patton (crook); Pie-Face Pinell (crook); Ruby
First Line: This is the confession of a killer...
Synopsis: Sitting in the electric chair Golden Voice's life plays out before him. His mellifluous voice brought him great acclaim and financial rewards. But being seduced into a life of crime, he became a lawyer who was noted for getting acquittals for even the most obviously guilty parties. He crosses paths with Rip and the boys when they capture Beansy Patton. Golden Voice introduces two identical Patton lookalikes in court, and Rip cannot say which is which. Rip tries to get Golden Voice's girlfriend to betray him, but he kills he in a fit of rage. Rip finally brings him to justice.
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Pages: 13
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Feature(s): A Date with Judy
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
Character(s): Daffy; Doodle
First Line: I can hardly see where I'm going...
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Pages: 1
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Shine 'Em Up

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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The Heel and Toe Juggler

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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Three-Ring Binks
Character(s): Three-Ring Binks
First Line: Booking agent de luxe...
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Pages: 4
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Willie Wonder

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as S. B. Black]
Penciller(s): ? [as S. B. Black]
Inker(s): ? [as S. B. Black]
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Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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The Seventh Wonder of the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Ali; Mä-Kläk (General of the King's soldiers); King Cheops; General Isen-Ho; Jo-Milla (court scribe); Na-Tse (villain, a high priest, dies)
First Line: Thousands of years ago...
Synopsis: On a way back from a case, Superman stops over in Egypt to admire the pyramids and is swept back into time by way of a time bridge to aid the forces of King Cheops against an evil high priest AND to actually build one of the pyramids!
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In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published December 2009
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Pages: 13
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Feature(s): Mr. District Attorney
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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