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Issue: World's Finest Comics #39
Publication Date: March 1949
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Issues: #39 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: 01/26/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (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
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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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Pages: 1
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Credits
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Fatal Forecasts!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Dr. Carr; Police Captain Jenner; Lucky Lynn (fence); Big Jim Martin (crook)
First Line: All Metropolis is excited over the latest announcement of science...
Synopsis: Dr. Carr invents a machine which predicts future events. The prediction that Superman will lose his powers brings a boldness to the actions of criminals. Carr reveals to Captain Jenner that Superman only pretended to be powerless and that they are hatching a trap to net Big Jim Martin.
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Pages: 12
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High As a Kite

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
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Pages: 1
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Hunting or Fishing

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Hall of Infamy!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Greenface (villain)
First Line: As everyone knows, there is a hall of fame...
Synopsis: In the hideout of the villainous Greenface, Green Arrow and Speedy find a hall of criminal fame, giant statues celebrating infamous crooks. Members of Greenface's gang are perched on the shoulders of the statues and try to ambush the crimefighters.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Writer's credit from Otto Binder's 1963/1964 listing of DC credits. Art was formerly credited to George Papp.
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Feature(s): Superboy
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Remember, boys, we've got to get up early!
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Make Way for Youth

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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Dr. Westover; Frank Crandall; Ed Crandall
First Line: This is a story of a town that could be yours!
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Based on the film produced by the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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The Kid Who Hit the $60,000 Jackpot!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos; Captain Rip Hunter; Napoleon Biggers (crook)
First Line: Did you ever want to win a giant jackpot in a quiz show?
Synopsis: Boy Commando Brooklyn wins a radio quiz show, which comes with numerous prizes, providing he drinks a glass of the sponsor's Malto-Fizzo every thirty minutes. Among the prizes is a boat trip to South America. Napoleon Biggers hits on the idea of smuggling diamonds in Brooklyn's expensive camera. Fortunately, Rip has had it replaced with a cheaper model and the diamonds send Biggers to jail.
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Pages: 12
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Homer was supposed to meet me here!
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Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Ghost Goes Wild!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Mayor Martin Morton; Harold; Wilma
First Line: When you make a promise to a ghost, be sure to keep it///
Synopsis: Mayor Morton promises to clean up the town if he is elected, but he reneges on his word. Zatara conjures a ghost, which visits Morton and scares him into keeping his promises himself.
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Pages: 6
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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How Basketball Began

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Hurry, Tuffy, we've got to pick up an important client of Daddy's!
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Letterer(s): ?
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Feature(s): Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood
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The Conquest of Batman's Identity!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Bob Kane]
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; J. J. Jason (detective story writer, intro); Commissioner James Gordon
First Line: Great as the reward would be...
Synopsis: A famed detective story writer sets out to solve the mystery of Batman's secret identity.
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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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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): American Seed Co.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Rope 'Em Both, Partner!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy B-B Guns
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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