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55December 1951-January 1952
$0.15

World's Finest Comics #55

DC · December 1951-January 1952 · on sale 1951-10-03

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Series
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#55
Publication date
December 1951-January 1952
Key date
1951-12-00
On-sale date
1951-10-03
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Enter Here -- If You Dare!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2The City That Exiled Superman!comic story12pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; letters: Sam RosenSuperman; Lois Lane; Perry White
5The Case of the Taunting Targets!comic story10pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow; Beetle Brogran
7-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9The King of the Boy Inventors!comic story7.67pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Dan Barry
13Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
14The River-Toll Bandits!comic story8script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman
16-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
18-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
19Paddle-Footed Commandoestext article2script: Henry Schlosser
20The Bird Sayings Crimes!comic story12script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; the Penguin; Jonathan Byrd; Ellen Byrd
22Anthony and Juliuscomic story1

Plus 9.41 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

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