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Issue: World's Finest Comics #49
Publication Date: December 1950
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Issues: #49 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: 09/27/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (9 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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Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tom Sparks
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #3/1953 published March 1953
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).
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Feature(s): A Date with Judy; World's Finest Comics
First Line: Everybody - But everybody wants...
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Men Who Shot Superman!

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Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Howard Figit (intro)
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Look - Tickets for the annual police ball!
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The Day's Best Bite!

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The City Without a Jail!

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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: childrens
First Line: Golly! We've got to see that!
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Fleer.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tom Sparks (intro); Nick Sparks (intro); Colonel Rey (intro)
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Here's Fun! Build This Erector Amusement Park

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Your United Nations at Work

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Genres: opinion
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Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).
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The Town the Law Forgot!

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Genres: western
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Say, Shorty, we just had a swimming pool built...
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Terror on the Choo-Choo Train!

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First Line: Vic, have you made a date for the prom yet?
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Wrestling Through the Ages

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Feature(s): Clue Cartoon
First Line: He's that way!
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A White Feather for Batman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); unnamed henchman; unnamed rich person; unnamed governor; unnamed guard; unnamed newsboy; unnamed citizens; unnamed professor; unnamed sportsmen club members; unnamed actors; Pete (henchman); Mike (henchman);unnamed spectators
Synopsis: The Penguin launches a series of crimes based on feathers. He sends Batman a white feather, signifying that Batman is a coward, and subsequently Batman begins to lose his nerve when facing the Penguin.
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Special Bargain Offer!

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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