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Issue: World's Finest Comics #54
Publication Date: October 1951
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Issues: #54 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: 07/30/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
This comic was shown in The Adventures of Superman, 1952 series, Season 1, Episode 16: "Mystery in Wax" and Episode 24: "Crime Wave". Shown in a newsstand in both shows.
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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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Lost -- A Free Education

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, opinion, teen
Feature(s): Leave It to Binky
Character(s): Binky Biggs; Tim
Synopsis: Binky advises his friend Tim not to drop out of school.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Later also in October 1958 and November 1966 issues.
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The Superman Who Avoided Danger!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Albert Splink
Synopsis: Albert Splink sells Superman a life insurance policy and the company demands the Man of Steel cease taking risks.
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Miscellaneous
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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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Private Pete
First Line: Private Pete, drive this jeep down to the motor pool!
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Pages: 0.67
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Vitalis Hair Cream
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Pages: 0.33
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Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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The Man Who Hated Green Arrow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
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Pages: 10
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Raisin Bran
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: What's the line-up for?
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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The Underworld Blacksmith!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tom Sparks
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Captain Tootsie Wants You to Try All Tootsie Candies

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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The Boom at Eagle Pass!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Wyoming Kid
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Secret of Istanbul

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Inventory from Danger Trail. However, this story was not part of an ongoing feature.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Varsity Vic
First Line: Wasn't that picture simply super, Vic?
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Pages: 0.75
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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White Man's Gift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll-Star Western #4 published February 1971
as White Man's Gift! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTomahawk #7/1971 published June 1971
as Den vite mannens gåva! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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"...To the Shores of Tripoli"

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Pages: 2
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The Carbon Copy Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Peter Dodson; Fels; Dr. Henry Stoll; unnamed jockey; Pete
Synopsis: Batman and Robin agree to help young socialite Peter Dodson who has had a mental breakdown and believes that he is Batman by letting him pose as the real Batman. But unfortunately, Dodson keeps creating situations where Batman and Robin have to rescue him, allowing the criminals to escape.
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Pages: 12
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Which is the smallest monkey of all?
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Pages: 0.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 0.33
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Jim and Betty Solve the "Mystery" of Pete's Fortune!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
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Pages: 1
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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