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Issue: World's Finest Comics #44
Publication Date: February 1950
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Issues: #44 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/30/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder; Superman
Character(s): Superman [Kal-el; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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National Comics Takes "Top Place As the Choice of Parents and Children."

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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Revolt of the Thought Machine!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Kal-el; Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White
First Line: It speaks many languages...
Synopsis: Superman battles a computer.
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Pages: 12
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Feature(s): Bazooka
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The Code of the West!

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Genres: western
Character(s): The Wyoming Kid; Gunner Slayd; Doc Thompson; Sheriff Jim Dunham; Bat-Wing Haggerty
First Line: When it's gun-draw against gun-draw...
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Pages: 10
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Up, Up and Away!

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Feature(s): Superman; Action Comics
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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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A Thief in the Night!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Full-Steam Foley
Character(s): Full Steam Foley; Cap'n Joe Trumbull; Johnny Trumbull; Kathy Foley
First Line: Night...and the world's greatest harbor sparkles with lights...
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Pages: 10
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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Bear Trapped!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ray-o-Vac
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The Microbe Tamer

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Genres: biography, informational
Character(s): Dr. Selman A. Waksman; Jimmy Blount; Dr. Jacob Lipman
First Line: For years, most men knew microbes as tiny killers...
Synopsis: Biography of Dr. Selman A. Waksman.
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Pages: 4
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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The Secret of Thunder Mountain?

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Chief Thunderbird; Skybird; Adjibo
First Line: Green Arrow and Speedy, ace archers of the 20th century...
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Not listed in Otto Binder's 1963/1964 listing of his DC credits.
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Here's Good News for Batman and Robin Fans!

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Feature(s): Detective Comics; Batman
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Magic Against the Law!

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Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Zatara; Councilman Boodle
First Line: Zatara - You're under arrest!
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Pages: 6
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Brightening Up with the Movie Stars

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Genres: humorous
First Line: How do you do, ma'am?
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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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The Confession of Batman!

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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; Alfred Pennyworth; Jacques Venta; Perrins (Venta's butler)
First Line: Sorry, Batman, but I have to do my duty!
Synopsis: Batman and Robin investigate a series of crimes that occur every night at ten o'clock, but the evidence points to Bruce Wayne being responsible.
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Pages: 12
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Batman and Robin Stand Up for Sportsmanship!

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Genres: opinion, superhero
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Pages: 1
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Look Who's Here!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Bob Hope
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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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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