Unofficial World's Finest Comics Index

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #49

Cover Date: December-January 1950-1
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1949-09-27

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Win Mortimer
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "The Men Who Shot Superman!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Alvin Schwartz
Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in between Action Comics #151 and #152)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Other Character(s):

Howard Figit (first appearance; a young photographer)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

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

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Second Story: "The City Without a Jail!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Art	George Papp
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow

Speedy

Villain(s):

Finley and his gang (first appearance for all; commit crimes in a crimeless city)

Location(s):

Marvin City

Comment(s):

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

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Third Story: "Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Dan Barry
Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tom Sparks (first appearance; a teen inventor; also in flashbacks to his younger years)

Supporting Character(s):

Nick Sparks (first appearance; Tom's older brother)

Mr. Sparks (first appearance; Tom's father and hardware store owner; also in flashbacks)

Colonel Rey (first appearance; head of Nick's engineering employer)

Location(s):

Northville (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story continues indirectly into the next issue.

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Fourth Story: "The Town the Law Forgot!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Ryerson Johnson
Art	Howard Sherman
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid

Supporting Character(s):

Racer (his horse)

Villain(s):

Madden and his gang (first appearance for all; a crooked sherrif)

Location(s):

Moccasin Bluff

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Fifth Story: "Terror on the Choo-Choo Train!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Samachson
Art	Ralph Mayo
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Other Character(s):

Macee and his gang (first appearance for all; a railroad vice-president that tries to drive the business into bankrupcy so he can buy it)

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Sixth Story: "A White Feather for Batman!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Dave Vern
Art	Dick Sprang
Lettering	Ira Schnapp
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Penguin and his gang (first appearance for all; commits crimes to the tune of his own theme song)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Wayne Manor

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2019)

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