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Issue: World's Finest Comics #59
Publication Date: July 1952
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Issues: #59 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: 05/28/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (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
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, opinion, teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
Character(s): Buzzy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.
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Superman's Super Hold-Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (villain)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #27 [Direct Sales] published August 1982
as Superman's Super Hold-Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Champion Larry Yogi Berra Sparks Yankees!

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Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: Hmm-- That's a swell way to take a trip!
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Pages: 0.67
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Riddle Me This; Necco
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Pages: 0.33
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The Case of the Vanishing Arrow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Synopsis: Green Arrow celebrates the firing of his millionth arrow in his fight against crime.
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Pages: 10
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Mission to the Moon

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Major Mars; Popsicle
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Pages: 1
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Turns Terrific Clout Into Out!

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Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Pages: 1
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The Bush Trackers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Manhunters Around the World
Character(s): Jack Woodward; Mark Sawyer
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In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #422 published April 1972
as The Bush Trackers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mutt & Jeff; Superboy
First Line: The oldest symbol in comics...
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Pages: 1
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The Men Who Stole Roads!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Wyoming Kid
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #6 published March 1957
as The Men Who Stole Roads [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
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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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Is there a bird that sings without using its throat?
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Pages: 0.67
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Professor Eureka
First Line: This expedition to the South Pole is something I wanted to do for a long time!
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In Content Item: FlagAquaman #37 published January 1968
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
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The Race History Will Never Forget

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Story recounts the February, 1902 auto race from New York to Paris.
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Pages: 2
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The Joker's Aces!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Danny Farrow (millionaire radio comic); P. W. Raleigh; The Joker (villain); Joker's Aces [Brice; Hopkins; Baker; Hop Dooley [also as Mrs. P. W. Raleigh]] (villains); Joker's gang (villains)
Synopsis: The Joker is out to commit a series of sensational crimes, but he decides this time to employ a series of men, called his Aces, to commit these crimes, and whose abilities are appropriate for the crimes involved. The Crime Clown's crowning touch: Bruce Wayne will be one of those "Aces"!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Annual #3 published January 1962
as The Joker's Aces! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 published June 2009
as The Joker's Aces! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Is the safari ready to start?
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jerry
First Line: I'd like some popcorn, Jerry...
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Pages: 0.5
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The Ball Goes 'Round and 'Round!

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Feature(s): Learn a Bit of Magic!
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Pages: 1
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The Craziest Pair in History

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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