World's Finest Comics #53 for Sale - First Appearance of Professor Eureka - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue: #53
Publication date: August-September 1951
Key date: 1951-08-00
On-sale date: 1951-05-30
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.15
Pages: 76

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Professor Eureka - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer	Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
1	Tops in Westerns!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The City That Was for Sale!	comic story	12	script: Al Schwartz; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Sam Rosen	Perry White; Lois Lane; Superman
4	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey the Cop
6	The Master of 100 Duels!	comic story	10	pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Green Arrow, Oliver Queen
9	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff	Peg
10	The Battle of the Beasts!	comic story	8	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Sy Barry	Tom Sparks
12	Message to Parents	public service announcement	0.5	letters: typeset
13	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
14	Valley of Dusty Death!	comic story	10	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Ira Schnapp	Bill Polk, The Wyoming Kid
15	Tomahawk!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
16	-	activity	0.67	script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo
18	Passage to Peru	comic story	8	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Jim Grant; Señorita Fiera de Sante; Senor Barrera
19	-	comic story	0.75	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Varsity Vic
21	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Professor Eureka First
22	Stages Through the Ages	text article	2	script: B. Fairbanks
23	The Private Life of Commissioner Gordon	comic story	12	script: David Vern; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Tony Gordon (Jim's son, introduction); Mrs. Gordon (Jim's wife, introduction); Sheik Hanson (villain, introduction); Big Dave Ravage (villain, introduction); Harvey (robbery victim); unnamed robbery victims; unnamed police sergea
24	Sweet Land of Liberty!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto Feuer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Peter Porkchops, Wolfie

Plus 5.41 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Action Comics #228	1957	On eBay ›
Strange Adventures #81	1957	On eBay ›
Action Comics #288	1962	On eBay ›
Mutt & Jeff #90	1956	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 ISBN 978-1-4012-8965-2	2019	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

‹ #5252 of 322#54 ›

Sources

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

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