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World's Finest Comics 64

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #64

Cover Date: May-June 1953
Cover Price: $0.15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Death of Lois Lane" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsAl Plastino
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (poses as Pricilla Rhodes; a file clerk at the Daily Planet)
Perry White

Villain(s):

John Madders and his gang (first appearance for all; runs a protection racket called "Freak Accident Protection Corperation")

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet


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Second Story: "The One-Armed Archer" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDave Wood
ArtGeorge Papp
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow
Speedy

Villain(s):

A gang of gauchos (first appearance for all)
Big Jim Gordon and his gang (first appearance for all)


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Third Story: "Spy Train" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Kanigher
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksSy Barry
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

King Faraday (last in Danger Trail #4; next, briefly, in Showcase #50)

Villain(s):

Alonzo P. Davis (first appearance; attempting to send plans for a super-bomb to a foreign government)

Location(s):

Paris, France
Istanbul, Turkey

Comment(s):

This story was originally intended for the unpublished Danger Trail #6.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase #50 (May-June 1964)
The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (1990)
The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #5 (1992)


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Fourth Story: "The Wyoming Kid's Pal!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHoward Sherman
LetteringIra Schnapp
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid

Villain(s):

Ganato (first appearance; a renegade Indian that wants revenge on The Wyoming Kid)

Other Character(s):

Tod Devers (first appearance; a young boy who believes his dad is friends with The Wyoming Kid)

Location(s):

Fort Sumner
Fort Lincoln

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the summer, after the Civil War.


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Fifth Story: "Bruce Wayne... Amateur Detective!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsDick Sprang
InksCharles Paris
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Alfred Beagle (disguised as Batman)

Villain(s):

The Shark and his gang (Boley Webb; first appearance for all; a former gangster who goes back into crime in a disguise)

Other Character(s):

Judson Field (first appearance; one of America's top detectives)

Location(s):

Gotham City


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