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38January-February 1949
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World's Finest Comics #38

DC · January-February 1949 · on sale 1948-11-24

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Identification plate

Series
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#38
Publication date
January-February 1949
Key date
1949-01-00
On-sale date
1948-11-24
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
76

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperman ;Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2If There Were No Supermancomic story12script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan KayeLois Lane; Perry White; Superman [Clark Kent]; Professor Smiggs; "Bullet" Barris (crook); Slim (crook)
4Dale Evans Comics; All-American Western; Western Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1
5The Unfinished Crimes!comic story10script: Otto Binder; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Ira SchnappThe Wind (villain, intro); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
7-comic story0.5script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win
8Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
9Football in the Future!comic story8pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Ira SchnappDoc; Fatty
11-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
13Rip Carter - Fugitive from a Chain Gang!comic story12pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve BrodieThe Boy Commandos; Captain Rip Carter; Gentleman Jeff Chambers (crook)
15Keep in Tune with the Teens!promo (ad from the publisher)1
16Pete, the Inventor!comic story6script: George Kashdan; pencils: William F. White; inks: William F. White; letters: Ira SchnappZatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Pete Painter; Miss Murdock (teacher); Nails (crook)
17Pike's Peak or Busttext article2letters: typeset
18-comic story1script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win
19The Impossible People!comic story12pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick SprangBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Folklore Society [Jack Frost; Father Time; Mother Goose; Father Neptune; King Arthur; Robin Hood; Paul Bunyan] (actors playing roles, intro for all); Hank (janitor)

Plus 8.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6
ISBN 978-1-4012-8438-1		2019On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7
ISBN 978-1-77950-560-6		2023On eBay ›

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