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Issue: World's Finest Comics #37
Publication Date: November 1948
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Issues: #37 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: 09/27/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder; Superman
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Robin
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Kodak
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Superman Story!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [also as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Joey Crane; Jack Donovan; Mart Lane; Horace Mills
First Line: Get your Daily Planet Here!
Synopsis: Perry White assigns several reporters to follow a day in the life of Superman and compete for the best story. Young photographer Joey Crane asks to go along, but always remains a step behind Superman and the other reporters. But Joey wins the competition as he is able to capture the effect Superman's good deeds have on the people he helps.
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Pages: 12
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Bob Feller

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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In Keds It's a Breeze!

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Feature(s): U. S. Keds
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About People

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Genres: opinion
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Based on the book All About Us by Eva Knox Evans.

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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Feature(s): Kellogg's Corn Flakes
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Captain Tootsie and "The Babe Ruth Story"

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Genres: sports, superhero
Character(s): William Bendix [as Babe Ruth]
First Line: Hootin' zoots, Captain Tootsie, are we really gonna see a movie being made here?
Synopsis: Captain Tootsie and the kids go to Yankee Stadium to watch William Bendix film a scene for the movie "The Babe Ruth Story." The movie scene recreates the famous "Called Home Run" from the 1932 World Series.
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The Killer in the Iron Machine!

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Genres: adventure, childrens, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos; Captain Rip Hunter; Dollar Duncam (crook); Itchy (crook)
First Line: Crippled, unable to venture forth from a tiny prison of metal...
Synopsis: Dollar Duncan is released from prison after twenty years and proceeds to build a criminal empire. The Boy Commandos and Rip Hunter pursue him after one of his holdups, and Rip catches up with him as a train pulls away from a water tower. The two men fight an epic battle on top of a speeding train carriage. Finally Duncan fails to avoid a bridge and is knocked into the river. He survives, but his legs are paralyzed. The doctor diagnoses it as mental paralysis only. He masterminds criminal plans and sells them to others, but Rip uncovers his hideout and captures him..
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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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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
First Line: What a swell set!
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Jimmie Saves the Limited

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ingersoll Mickey Mouse Watch
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Green Arrow -- Criminal at Large!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Flyer Fleer
First Line: Picture a land where every man and boy is an expert archer...
Synopsis: The Green Arrow and Speedy follow Flyer Fleer's aircraft in the Arrowplane. Both craft crash land on an island shrouded in fog and hidden from the outside world for centuries. Fleer convinces the inhabitants tht the mask-wearing archer heroes are criminals and that he is a lawman. All of the natives are equal in archery skill to our heroes, who take refuge in an abandoned castle. Fleer is shown the location of their treasure, which turns out to be coal. Gold is so common they make everyday objects from it. Green Arrow tunes in the Arrowplane's radio which names Fleer as a criminal.
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Disclose Notes: Writer's credit from Otto Binder's 1963/1964 listing of DC credits. This is his second published Green Arrow credit. 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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Feature(s): American Flyer
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Avalanche!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ray-o-Vac
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Menace to Magicians!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Harold Morey
First Line: Did you ever meet someone who had fun ruining fun for others?
Synopsis: Harold Morey is inducted into the Magic Circle and on pain of literally disappearing is sworn never to reveal any magic secrets. He ignores this oath and sets about exposing every magician he comes into contact with. Finally he is ready to challenge Zatara. But Zatara's reverse word magic proves incomprehensible to him and he promises never to reveal secrets ever again.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Feature(s): Bendix Coaster Brake
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The Top of the World

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Genres: adventure, non-fiction
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Ozzie [DC]
First Line: Rain, rain, please go away...
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Most Exciting Boot You Ever Saw!

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Feature(s): Hood Rocket Boot
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The Underworld's Museum of Crime!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; T-Gun Jones (mobster); Neon Syne (mob boss); Stogie Bevans (mob boss); Cy (curator of the Underworld Museum)
First Line: Robin, there's your pal! Batman's the prize exhibit in our museum!
Synopsis: Two rival mob bosses compete for the services of a new mobster by trying to capture the most Batman souvenirs for the Underworld Museum, leading to the capture of first Robin and then Batman.
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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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Saving the Secret Supersonic Plane

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
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Double-Header!

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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