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82May-June 1956
$0.10

World's Finest Comics #82

DC · May-June 1956 · on sale 1956-03-20

Origin: Green Arrow
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Identification plate

Series
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#82
Publication date
May-June 1956
Key date
1956-05-00
On-sale date
1956-03-20
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

Origin story on record for: Green Arrow, Oliver Queen.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Three Super Musketeers!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne
2The Three Super-Musketeers!comic story12script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Dick Sprang, Al Plastino; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Pat GordonBatman, d'Artagnan, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Professor Carter Nichols, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne
3The Indian Fortune Tellercomic story6pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray; letters: Pat GordonTom Hawk, Dan Hunter, Tomahawk
7Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappClark Kent, Superman
8Adventure Under the Seatext article2script: Jed Maxwell
9The Pictures of Perilcomic story6script: Dave Wood; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Pat GordonGreen Arrow Origin, Roy Harper, Oliver Queen Origin, Speedy
10-comic story0.667script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete

Plus 7.333 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman #1271959On eBay ›
80 Page Giant Magazine #151965On eBay ›
The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0-930289-51-X		1989On eBay ›
World's Finest Comics Archives #1
ISBN 1563894882		1999On eBay ›
The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0930289617		1990On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: World's Finest #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-1697-9		2007On eBay ›
Batman and Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-6112-2		2016On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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