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World's Finest Comics 37

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #37

Cover Date: November-December 1948
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1948-09-27

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Superman Story!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White
Lois Lane

Other Character(s):

Jack Donovan (first appearance; sports editor for the Daily Planet)
Mart Lane (first appearance; shipping news reporter for the Daily Planet)
Horace Mills (first appearance; political reporter for the Daily Planet)
Joey Crane (first appearance; young photographer for the Daily Planet'Italic text)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

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


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Second Story: "The Killer in the Iron Machine!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Kashdan
PencilsCurt Swan
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Boy Commandos:
Captain Rip Carter
Brooklyn
Andre Chavard
Tex

Villain(s):

Mastermind (Dollar Duncan; first appearance; criminal who becomes psychoanalytically paralyzed; executed)


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Third Story: "Green Arrow -- Criminal at Large!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow
Speedy

Villain(s):

Flyer Fleer (first appearance; uses an airplane to commit crimes)

Comment(s):

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


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Fourth Story: "Menace to Magicians!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtWilliam White
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara (between Action Comics #126/4 and #127/4)

Villain(s):

Harold Morey (first appearance; exposes how magicians do tricks)


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Fifth Story: "The Underworld's Museum of Crime!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Neon Syne and his gang (first appearance for all)
Stogie Bevans and his gang (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 (2018)


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