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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #17
Cover Date: Spring 1945
Cover Price: $.15
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Burnley
Inks: Charles Paris
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Credits:
| Story | Don Cameron |
| Pencils | Pete Riss |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Three-Fingers Jack Schack (first appearance; tries to get a reformed criminal to return to his old ways)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Cameron, Riss and Roussos credited as Siegel and Shuster.
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 (2009)
Credits:
| Art | Maurice del Burgo |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Green Arrow (last in Leading Comics #14; next in More Fun Comics #103)
- Speedy (last in Leading Comics #14; next in More Fun Comics #103)
Villain(s):
- Dr. Blades (first appearance; a gets crooks to steal to find a hidden Aztec treasure)
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
Credits:
| Art | William White |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Numbers Garrigan and his gang (first appearance for all; poses as manikins to rob department stores)
Credits:
| Story | Joe Samachson |
| Art | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Japanese (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- China
Credits:
| Story | Joe Samachson |
| Pencils | Cliff Young |
| Inks | Steve Brody |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (last in Leading Comics #14; next in Star-Spangled Comics Vol. 2 #1)
- Stripesy (last in Leading Comics #14; next in Star-Spangled Comics Vol. 2 #1)
Villain(s):
- Bull Malone (first appearance; uses Midget Mike to rob a pharmaceutical company)
Other Character(s):
- Midget Mike (first appearance; a small clown that is tempted to turn to crime)
Credits:
| Story | Jack Schiff |
| Art | John Daly |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Johnny Everyman (also in flashback to his college football days)
Other Character(s):
- Ralph and George (first appearance for both; two African-Americans who encounter prejudice and restrictions)
Comment(s):
- This story happens after June 1944.
Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Dick Sprang |
| Inks | Norman Fallon |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Doctor Dreemo (Darby Deems; first appearance; uses dream-based motives for crimes)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
- Finger, Sprang and Fallon credited as Bob Kane.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 (2004)