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23July-August 1946
$0.15

World's Finest Comics #23

DC · July-August 1946 · on sale 1946-05-29

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Series
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#23
Publication date
July-August 1946
Key date
1946-07-00
On-sale date
1946-05-29
Indicia publisher
World's Best Comics Co.
Price
$0.15
Pages
76

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1The World's Finest Heroes Go to Town in the World's Finest Action Stories!table of contents1letters: typeset
2The Colossus of Metropolis!comic story12script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen (?); Frank Bushwick; Coleman Lacy; Mary Dashiell; Ray Morris; Arthur Wingham; Gerald Keene
4The Radar Runners!comic story10pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Ira SchnappGreen Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
5-comic story1script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win
6-comic story1script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win
7All Funny Comics; Animal Antics; Funny Stuffpromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
8First of Its Kind!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
9Whose Zoo?comic story8pencils: William F. White; inks: William F. WhiteZatara
11The Secret of the Seven!comic story12pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve Brodie; letters: Ira SchnappThe Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]
12-comic story1script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
13Eyes of Doomtext story2script: Stan Carter
14Room for Improvement!comic story8script: Jack Schiff; pencils: John Daly; inks: John DalyJohnny Everyman
16Champions Don't Brag!comic story12pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Hugh Ross (introduction); Robert Batson (introduction); Batson's father (introduction); John Ross (Hugh's father, introduction); Frogskin (villain, introduction); Goldplate Gorney (villain, introduction); Scat (villain, introduct

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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