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Issue: World's Finest Comics #35
Publication Date: July 1948
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Issues: #35 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: 05/26/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder; Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
First Line: Superman, Batman and Robin costumes for hire
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Feature(s): Kodak
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Daddy Superman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Edgar (father); unnamed mother; Al (baby); Hal (baby, Al's twin)
First Line: He handles cyclones, floods and dangerous criminals with the greatest of ease...
Synopsis: Twin babies are accidentally left on Clark Kent's doorstep, and prove to be a considerable amount of trouble, even to Superman. When Clark phones Perry to tell him of the situation, Perry assigns him to adopt the twins and write a series of articles on the problems of raising same.
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Rounding Up the Rustlers

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
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For the Tops in Teen-Age Comics Read

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Feature(s): A Date with Judy; Leave It to Binky; Buzzy
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The Freedom Press!

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Genres: historical, western
Character(s): Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; Dan Hunter; Tom Paine; Ben Franklin; Jack Morgan; Jed Ferguson; Will Kelly; Lord Essington (Governor)
First Line: It is the year 1773...
Synopsis: Jack Morgan dies a patriot, refusing to name his co-conspirators. Tomahawk and Dan come to pay their respects to his memory, and assume his job of distributing pamphlets printed and written by Tom Paine. Later, to obscure the noise of the printing press, Tomahawk has some of the men dress like native Americans and dance round a fire in the public square. Ben Franklin commends Tomahawk for his ruse and thinks he may use it again on the following day in attending the Boston Tea Party.
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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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Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit

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Character(s): Mr. Bingling; Miss Trixie; Zulu
Synopsis: The Captain and his pals figure out who has been tampering with the circus trapeze equipment.
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Won - By a Whisper!

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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The Bravest Man in the World!

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Genres: adventure, childrens, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos; Captain Rip Carter; Diving Danny; The Great Gerald; Willis; Jimmy Kiley (stuntman)
First Line: They were all men of dauntless courage...
Synopsis: A mysterious full page ad appears in every New York newspaper one morning, inviting entries to claim the "World's Strongest Man" title and prize of $20,000. There are dozens of entries, but Rip refuses to compete. when it comes to performing, a number of the contestants appear to be scared. This feeling only can on after talking to Willis, the contest sponsor. When Rip confronts him Willis tries to psychologically induce fear of death in him, but Rip grabs and shakes the truth from him. Once Willis had been a leading movie stuntman, until he saw a fellow stuntman die.
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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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Show Time

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Feature(s): Adventures of "Popsicle Pete"
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Everything You Want in a Magazine!

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Feature(s): Gang Busters; Mr. District Attorney
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The Bow Fails Green Arrow!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Bull's-Eye [aka Leapo the Acrobatic Clown] (villain); Walter J. Teak
First Line: What's your guess about the sinister results...
Synopsis: The arch criminal Bull's-Eye blows up the Arrowcar, and Green Arrow and Speedy are hospitalized for several days. Upon release they accept a challenge issued by Walter J. Teak, who will donate $10,000 to charity if any bowman can hit three consecutive bull's eyes at his range using arrows supplied. Amazing they miss every shot, and when their own arrows are returned they miss with those also. But they eventually overcome the trick pulled by Bull's-Eye and bring him to justice.
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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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You Run Faster in Keds!

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Feature(s): U. S. Keds
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The Tattooed Crook!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
First Line: Hurry, hurry, hurry1
Synopsis: Zatara gives a guest performance to help out the proprietor of a failing carnival freak show. He notices some suspicious looking men examining the tattoos of Toby the Tattooed Man. One of the tattoos seems to carry a message in Morse Code. This leads Zatara to foil an aircraft hijacking.
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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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Lightning Strikes Twice

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Genres: adventure, non-fiction
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Crime by the Book!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
First Line: Once again that crafty little man of the tricky umbrellas...
Synopsis: Penguin writes a book about birds that he uses as the basis for his new crime spree.
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Feature(s): Schwinn
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First Line: Look for them at your favorite newstand!
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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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