World's Finest Comics #79 for Sale - First Appearance of Professor Carter Nichols - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue: #79
Publication date: November-December 1955
Key date: 1955-11-00
On-sale date: 1955-09-25
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Professor Carter Nichols - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Three Magicians of Bagdad!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne
2	The Three Magicians of Bagdad	comic story	12	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Pat Gordon	Batman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Professor Carter Nichols First, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne
4	-	comic story	0.667	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Little Pete
6	Archer from Across the Sea	comic story	6	script: George Kashdan; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Pat Gordon	Green Arrow, Roy Harper, Oliver Queen, Speedy
7	-	comic story	0.5	pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert	Fluffy the dog; Henry; Miss Victor
9	Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer	Buzzy Brown
10	How to Train a Dog	text article	2	letters: typeset
11	Weapon of Peace	comic story	6	script: Ed Herron; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Ray Burnley	Tom Hawk, Dan Hunter, Tomahawk
12	-	comic story	0.667	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Sagebrush Sam

Plus 6.166 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
World's Finest Comics Archives #1 ISBN 1563894882	1999	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: World's Finest #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1697-9	2007	On eBay ›
Batman and Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-6112-2	2016	On eBay ›
Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-6833-6	2017	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #7878 of 322#80 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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