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37November-December 1948
$0.15

World's Finest Comics #37

DC · November-December 1948 · on sale 1948-09-27

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Identification plate

Series
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#37
Publication date
November-December 1948
Key date
1948-11-00
On-sale date
1948-09-27
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
76

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperman; Batman; Robin
2The Superman Story!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman [also as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Joey Crane; Jack Donovan; Mart Lane; Horace Mills
5About Peoplecomic story8script: Jack Schiff, Eva Knox Evan; pencils: John Daly; inks: John Daly; letters: Ira Schnapp
8The Killer in the Iron Machine!comic story12script: George Kashdan; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve Brodie; letters: Ira SchnappThe Boy Commandos; Captain Rip Hunter; Dollar Duncam (crook); Itchy (crook)
11Green Arrow -- Criminal at Large!comic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Ira SchnappGreen Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Flyer Fleer
14Menace to Magicians!comic story7script: Joe Samachson; pencils: William F. White; inks: William F. White; letters: Ira SchnappZatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Harold Morey
15Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
17The Top of the Worldtext article2letters: typeset
18-comic story0.5script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
20The Underworld's Museum of Crime!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; T-Gun Jones (mobster); Neon Syne (mob boss); Stogie Bevans (mob boss); Cy (curator of the Underworld Museum)
22Double-Header!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 12 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

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