Price: 0.15 USD
Pages: 76
On-sale Date: 1948-11-24
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Cover Thumbnail for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #38 Edit Cover
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Batman and Robin; Superman / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman ;Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Win Mortimer to Craig Delich.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Kodak Cameras and Film / advertisement / 1 page

If There Were No Superman
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Superman / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Did you ever wonder...
Characters:
Lois Lane; Perry White; Superman [Clark Kent]; Professor Smiggs; "Bullet" Barris (crook); Slim (crook)
Synopsis:
Superman is sent to various points in the past by Professor Smiggs' IF machine.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Bob Hughes. Pencils credit per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/; we previously credited Wayne Boring.

Henry Iba
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

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Dale Evans Comics; All-American Western; Western Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Unfinished Crimes!
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Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
George Papp (signed as Geo Papp)
Inks:
George Papp (signed as Geo Papp)
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  • Genre:adventure; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Meet The Wind! A new and mysterious criminal...
Characters:
The Wind (villain, intro); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Synopsis:
Green Arrow and Speedy are following up on a clue and guarding Dill' Dime Store. A new criminal, named The Wind, appears and claims to be able to control winds, and proves it by blowing the archer's arrows off course. But both here and subsequently, The Wind never completes his crimes. Green Arrow later learns that The Wind is actually arrow collector A. Wynd. Knowing he could never buy Green Arrow's shafts he pulled the robberies to retrieve the arrows fired at him.

Indexer Notes

Arrowcar is green.

Writer's credit from Otto Binder's 1963/1964 listing of DC credits. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

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Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

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Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Shine, mister?

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Football in the Future!
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Doc and Fatty / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In the land of centuries to come...
Characters:
Doc; Fatty
Synopsis:
While at an exhibition of robots, Doc presses the 2948 A.D. key on the time-typer. There is to be Mars vs. Earth football game played by robots. Crooks plan to rig the game so that the Mars team wins, paying out 100-1 bets. Doc and Fatty join the game and foil the crooks' plan, before returning to their own time.

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

Mystery Mine's Treasure!
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Ray-o-Vac Batteries / advertisement / 1 page

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Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's the matter, sonny?

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Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

Rip Carter - Fugitive from a Chain Gang!
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The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; children; war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The chain gang!...Last stop for criminal derelicts...
Characters:
The Boy Commandos; Captain Rip Carter; Gentleman Jeff Chambers (crook)
Synopsis:
The Commandos and Rip respond to a bank alarm, and pursuing the criminals Rip gets hit in the head by a piece of exploding shrapnel. The gang leader, Gentleman Jeff Chambers [aka The Human Bomb] deliberately gets himself arrested in a South American country and is placed on the chain gang for six months.

Indexer Notes

Inker credit by Craig Delich; we previously credited George Klein.

Gets the Bird!
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Bazooka Bubble Gum; Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Keep in Tune with the Teens!
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Pete, the Inventor!
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Zatara / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Some of Pete Painter's inventions are almost like Zatara's magic in their effects...
Characters:
Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Pete Painter; Miss Murdock (teacher); Nails (crook)
Synopsis:
Pete Painter invents gadgets such as windscreen wipers for reading glasses and one for tying show laces, but he never patents them. When he matches wits with Zatara he gets his comeuppance, but gets in the last word by hiding a paper bird which flies out of Zatara's hat. Zatara magically sees that Pete is in trouble and rides the paper bird to the rescue. Zatara suggests he patent his inventions, and a short time later has one hundred patents.

Indexer Notes

Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

Pike's Peak or Bust
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text article / 2 pages

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typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction

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Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:??? What are you looking for, Daffy?" "I'm looking for our flashlight...

The Impossible People!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Folklore Society [Jack Frost; Father Time; Mother Goose; Father Neptune; King Arthur; Robin Hood; Paul Bunyan] (actors playing roles, intro for all); Hank (janitor)
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin investigate a series of crimes committed by characters out of folklore.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich. Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk but it's not in his pay records per Martin O'Hearn.

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Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page

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National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin; Superman
  2. [no title indexed]
    Kodak Cameras and Film
  3. If There Were No Superman
    Superman
  4. Henry Iba
    Wheaties
  5. ["You'll find this sure-fire brand..."]
    Dale Evans Comics; All-American Western; Western Comics
  6. The Unfinished Crimes!
    Green Arrow
  7. [no title indexed]
    Schwinn Bicycles
  8. ["Shine, mister?"]
    Daffy & Doodle
  9. Editorial Advisory Board
  10. Football in the Future!
    Doc and Fatty
  11. Mystery Mine's Treasure!
    Ray-o-Vac Batteries
  12. ["What's the matter, sonny?"]
    Casey the Cop
  13. [no title indexed]
    Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  14. Rip Carter - Fugitive from a Chain Gang!
    The Boy Commandos
  15. Gets the Bird!
    Bazooka Bubble Gum; Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
  16. Keep in Tune with the Teens!
  17. Pete, the Inventor!
    Zatara
  18. Pike's Peak or Bust
  19. ["??? What are you looking for, Daffy?" "I'm looking for our flashlight..."]
    Daffy & Doodle
  20. The Impossible People!
    Batman and Robin
  21. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn Shoes
  22. [no title indexed]
    National Radio Institute Home Study Course
  23. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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Issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • David Banuelos
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Phil Hart
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Monagle
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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