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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #43

Cover Date: December-January 1949-50
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1949-09-28

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "When Metropolis Went Mad!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAl Schwartz
ArtAl Plastino
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in between Action Comics #139 and #140)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between Action Comics #139 and #140)
Perry White (in between Action Comics #139 and #140)

Villain(s):

J. Wilbur Wolfingham (last in Action Comics #116; next in issue #52)

Location(s):

Whillikers (first appearance; a small town)
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

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


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Second Story: "The Railroad Wreckers!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRyerson Johnson
ArtHoward Sherman
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid

Supporting Character(s):

Racer (his horse)

Villain(s):

Harrison and his gang (first appearance; lawyer for a railroad owner)

Location(s):

Western United States (in the 19th Century)
Ten Aces (a town; first appearance)


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Third Story: "The Green Arrow Duels The Blue Lancer!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow
Speedy

Villain(s):

Blue Lancer (first appearance; a very large former Bengal Lancer, now tyrant of a small island)

Location(s):

A small metal poor island (first appearance)

Comment(s):

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


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Fourth Story: "The Whispering Wizard!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Kashdan
ArtJoe Kubert
LetteringJoe Kubert ?
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara

Villain(s):

Stage Door Jimmy and his gang (first appearance for all)


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Fifth Story: "The Amazing Adventures of Batman and Marco Polo!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsBob Kane
InksCharles Paris
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman (also in flashback)
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Count Florian and his agents (first appearance for all?; also in flashback to an earlier battle with Batman; goes from spywork to working for criminals)
Big Al Pakone 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 #258 (September-October 1974)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2019)


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