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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #38

Cover Date: January-February 1949
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1948-11-24

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "If There Were No Superman!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #56/3; next in Action Comics #129)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #56/3; next in Action Comics #129)
Lois Lane (dreams that Superman is sent through history, then 10 Supermen are created; last in Superman Vol. 1 #56/2; next in Action Comics #129)

Villain(s):

Bullet Barris and his thugs (first appearance for all; coerce Smiggs to erase Superman from history in Lois' dream)

Other Character(s):

Professor Smiggs (first appearance; builds an "IF machine")

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

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


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Second Story: "The Unfinished Crimes!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow
Speedy

Villain(s):

The Wind and his gang (A. Wynd; first appearance; creates unfinished crimes to collect arrows for his collection)

Comment(s):

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


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Third Story: "Rip Carter -- Fugitive from a Chain Gang!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsCurt Swan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Boy Commandos:
Captain Rip Carter
Brooklyn
Andre Chavard
Tex

Villain(s):

Human Bomb (Gentleman Jeff Chambers; first appearance; bank robber who uses a bomb set up)


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Fourth Story: "Pete, the Inventor!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Kashdan
ArtWilliam White
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara

Villain(s):

Nails and his thug (first appearance for both)

Other Character(s):

Pete Painter (first appearance; a troublesome inventor)


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Fifth Story: "The Impossible People!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

ArtDick Sprang (as Bob Kane)
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Hank and his gang (first appearance for all; pose as members of the Folklore Society to commit crimes)

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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