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Issue: World's Finest Comics #39
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Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
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)
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder; Superman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Miscellaneous
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Subject Matter
Kodak
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Inside front cover.
The Fatal Forecasts!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Dr. Carr; Police Captain Jenner; Lucky Lynn (fence); Big Jim Martin (crook)
All Metropolis is excited over the latest announcement of science...
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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Miscellaneous
12
High As a Kite

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Subject Matter
adventure
Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
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Miscellaneous
1
Hunting or Fishing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Daffy & Doodle
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Hall of Infamy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure, superhero
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Greenface (villain)
As everyone knows, there is a hall of fame...
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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Miscellaneous
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Writer's credit from Otto Binder's 1963/1964 listing of DC credits. Art was formerly credited to George Papp.
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Subject Matter
Superboy
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Miscellaneous
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Remember, boys, we've got to get up early!
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Miscellaneous
2
Make Way for Youth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
opinion
Dr. Westover; Frank Crandall; Ed Crandall
This is a story of a town that could be yours!
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Miscellaneous
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Based on the film produced by the National Social Welfare Assembly.
The Kid Who Hit the $60,000 Jackpot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, war
The Boy Commandos; Captain Rip Hunter; Napoleon Biggers (crook)
Did you ever want to win a giant jackpot in a quiz show?
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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Miscellaneous
12
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Homer was supposed to meet me here!
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Miscellaneous
0.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.33
The Ghost Goes Wild!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure, fantasy, occult
Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Mayor Martin Morton; Harold; Wilma
When you make a promise to a ghost, be sure to keep it///
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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Miscellaneous
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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/).
How Basketball Began

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Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Hurry, Tuffy, we've got to pick up an important client of Daddy's!
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Subject Matter
Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood
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Miscellaneous
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The Conquest of Batman's Identity!

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

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Subject Matter
Daisy B-B Guns
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover.

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