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World's Finest Comics 17

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #17

Cover Date: Spring 1945
Cover Price: $.15

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Burnley
Inks: Charles Paris


Story: "The Great Godini!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsPete Riss
InksGeorge Roussos
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Three-Fingers Jack Schack (first appearance; tries to get a reformed criminal to return to his old ways)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Star

Comment(s):

Cameron, Riss and Roussos credited as Siegel and Shuster.
The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 (2009)


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Second Story: "The Case of the Curious Crimes" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtMaurice del Burgo
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last in Leading Comics #14; next in More Fun Comics #103)
Speedy (last in Leading Comics #14; next in More Fun Comics #103)

Villain(s):

Dr. Blades (first appearance; a gets crooks to steal to find a hidden Aztec treasure)

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.


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Third Story: "The Thieves Nobody Saw" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtWilliam White
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara

Villain(s):

Numbers Garrigan and his gang (first appearance for all; poses as manikins to rob department stores)


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Fourth Story: "Secret Weapon X-29!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Boy Commandos:
Captain Rip Carter
Brooklyn
Andre Chavard
Jan Haasan
Alfy Twidgett

Villain(s):

Japanese (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

China


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Fifth Story: "The Clown of Crime!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
PencilsCliff Young
InksSteve Brody
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (last in Leading Comics #14; next in Star-Spangled Comics Vol. 2 #1)
Stripesy (last in Leading Comics #14; next in Star-Spangled Comics Vol. 2 #1)

Villain(s):

Bull Malone (first appearance; uses Midget Mike to rob a pharmaceutical company)

Other Character(s):

Midget Mike (first appearance; a small clown that is tempted to turn to crime)


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Schiff
ArtJohn Daly
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Everyman (also in flashback to his college football days)

Other Character(s):

Ralph and George (first appearance for both; two African-Americans who encounter prejudice and restrictions)

Comment(s):

This story happens after June 1944.


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Sixth Story: "Crime Goes To College!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsDick Sprang
InksNorman Fallon
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Doctor Dreemo (Darby Deems; first appearance; uses dream-based motives for crimes)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
Finger, Sprang and Fallon credited as Bob Kane.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 (2004)


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