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Issue: World's Finest Comics #55
Publication Date: December 1951
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Issues: #55 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: 10/03/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (9 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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #23 published April 1952
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Enter Here -- If You Dare!

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Feature(s): House of Mystery
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The City That Exiled Superman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis: A fake Superman convinces Metropolis that the real one has lost control of his powers.
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #23 published April 1952
as The City That Exiled Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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The Case of the Taunting Targets!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow; Beetle Brogran
Synopsis: Beetle Brogran hides stolen radium in GA's arrows and then tries to get GA to shoot at him so he can get the arrows back.
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Genres: humorous, military
First Line: Just one more thing...
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #23 published April 1952
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Pages: 0.67
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The King of the Boy Inventors!

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Tom judges a boy inventors contest.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #7 published April 1957
as The King of the Boy Inventors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Getting an Erector Is Like Having Your Own Toy Factory

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Genres: childrens
First Line: I-it's spooky in this old haunted house!
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Fleer.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
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The River-Toll Bandits!

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Genres: western
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #3 published January 1956
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Pages: 8
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Pete the Flash Scores for Captain Tootsie

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Oh, Al - Quick - Lend me a fountain pen...
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Out of This World

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Genres: humorous
First Line: So long, Charlie. See you when I get back!
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #23 published April 1952
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Pages: 2
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Paddle-Footed Commandoes

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: History of navy frogmen.
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The Bird Sayings Crimes!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; the Penguin; Jonathan Byrd; Ellen Byrd
Synopsis: Egged on by criminal rivals who mock his methods, Penguin launches a new series of crimes based on bird sayings and challenges Batman and Robin to stop him.
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In Content Item: FlagDC Special #14 published September 1971
as The Bird Sayings Crimes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Anthony and Julius
First Line: Boing" "Sorry!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Otto Graham

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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