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Issue: World's Finest Comics #40
Publication Date: May 1949
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Issues: #40 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: 03/28/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (8 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
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Two Lois Lanes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane [aka Brenda Manning]; Check (crook)
First Line: What could handicap Superman more than one Lois Lane?
Synopsis: Criminals use a double of Lois to distract Superman. Superman uses his strength to squeeze coal into a diamond.
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #10 published January 1951
as The Two Lois Lanes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Bamboozling the Bank Robbers

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Western Comics; All-American Western; Dale Evans Comics
First Line: You'll find this sure-fire brand...
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Pages: 1
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A Day in the Life of Robin Hood!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Robin Hood; Monocle Mike; the Black Baron (villain)
First Line: Have you ever wondered which archer is better with the bow...
Synopsis: Green Arrow switches places in time with Robin Hood.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Otto Binder's 1963/1964 listing of DC credits. 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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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Pages: 1
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Ben Hur Wins a Race!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Doc and Fatty
Character(s): Doc; Fatty; Ben Hur; Nero
First Line: If we could blame the fall of Rome on any two people...
Synopsis: Doc and Fatty have been to see the movie "Who put the table in Nero's stable?". A they leave the theater in a hail storm, a chunk hits the "Ancient Rome" key of their time travelling typewriter, and they find themselves in Rome during the Ben Hur chariot race. They have misplaced the typewriter, so cannot press themselves home, but following the race Ben Hur gives it to them, having found it earlier where they left it.
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Pages: 8
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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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Listerine Tooth Paste
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Pages: 0.5
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The Handcuffs of Fate!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos; Captain Rip Carter; Singsong Mulloy (crook); Big Oak Oketon (crook); Petie Flanagan (crook); Charlie Cadell (crook)
First Line: They were two pieces of steel...
Synopsis: The Boy Commandos and Rip are patrolling on the Home Front, where they pursue Big Oak Oketon relentlessly until his mind snaps and he is re-arrested
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Possible Brodie inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Frank Giacoia.
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike!; Columbia
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Let's take a walk out in the gardens, Elmer.
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In Content Item: FlagWonder Woman #76 published August 1955
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Danger Sign!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult, superhero
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Ken Beeman
First Line: Do you believe in signs?
Synopsis: Ken Beeman takes every sign he sees literally, and tries to impose his will on others. When Zatara rescues him from an oncoming truck by magically giving the vehicle wings, Beeman chastises him for breaking the no fly zone law. Zatara shows him the error of taking every sign too seriously. He has a "Fresh Fish" talk rudely to Beeman, and shows him a fiery "Light Lunch" sign which causes him to set it on fire. Other absurd examples follow, and Beeman eventually agrees that some signs ought not to be observed.
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Pages: 6
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bazooka
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Now Bebe, play nicely with little Herby!
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In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #214 published July 1955
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Foreign Flags Over America

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Pages: 2
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4 Killers Against Fate!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Bob Kane]
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jumpy Peters; Sailor Roggs; Careful Kyle; Angles Manson; Boss Barry
First Line: The electric chair...the gas chamber...the gallows...
Synopsis: Batman and Robin pursue 4 death row killers who escape from prison before they are due to be executed.
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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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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superboy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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