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New York World's Fair Comics 1

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR COMICS #1

Cover Date: April 1939
Cover Price: $.25
Publication Date: 1939-04-30

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Cover Credits:
Art: Vin Sullivan


Story: "Superman at the World's Fair" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJoe Shuster
LetteringJoe Shuster
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
George Taylor

Villain(s):

Nick Stone (first appearance; a wanted criminal)

Location(s):

Metropolis
New York City, NY
New York World's Fair

Comment(s):

This story takes place on April 30, 1939.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2004)
DC Comics Rarities Archives #1 (December 2004)
The Superman Chronicles #1 (2006)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Superman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtWill Ely
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Scoop Scanlon

Supporting Character(s):

Rusty James

Villain(s):

Bronson and his Bat's Wing Gang (first appearance; tries to stop a new bomber plane from being exhibited)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
New York World's Fair

Story Reprinted in:

DC Comics Rarities Archives #1 (December 2004)


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Third Story: "Slam Bradley at the World's Fair" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJoe Shuster
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan

Villain(s):

Tony Spinelli and his gang (first appearance; uses Shorty to deliver a map of buried loot)

Location(s):

Cleveland, OH
New York City, NY
New York World's Fair

Story Reprinted in:

DC Comics Rarities Archives #1 (December 2004)


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Fourth Story: "The Sandman" (10 Pages)

Credits:

PlotGardner Fox
StoryBert Christman (as Larry Dean)
ArtBert Christman (as Larry Dean)
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Sandman (last in Adventure Comics #40; next in Sandman Mystery Theatre #5; invents a new "ray-gun")

Villain(s):

Evarts (first appearance; president of Dodds-Bessing Steel Corp.; tries to steal plans for the ray-gun)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Sandman Archives #1 (October 2004)
DC Comics Rarities Archives #1 (December 2004)


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Fifth Story: "Zatara The Master Magician and the World's Fair Exhibit" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox, Fred Guardineer
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (in between Action Comics #12/5 and #13/5)

Supporting Character(s):

Tong (in between Action Comics #11/5 and #13/5)

Villain(s):

Mongolian Bandits (first appearance for all)
Hu Song (first appearance; a Chinese warlord in Shanghai)
Rodgers (first appearance; a rival antiquities collector)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
New York World's Fair
Shanghai, China
Mongolia

Comment(s):

This story ends on April 30th.

Story Reprinted in:

DC Comics Rarities Archives #1 (December 2004)


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