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World's Finest Comics 81

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #81

Cover Date: March-April 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1956-01-24

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The True History of Superman and Batman" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsDick Sprang
InksStan Kaye
LetteringPat Gordon
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in Detective Comics #229; next in Batman Vol. 1 #99)
Superman (last in Action Comics #214; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #12)
Robin (last in Detective Comics #229; next in Batman Vol. 1 #99)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #214; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #12/3)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #214; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #12)

Villain(s):

Shark Slaney's gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Ka Thar (first appearance; a historian from an alternate future of 5956 AD)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Wayne Manor
Batcave
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #15 (October 1965)
World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (1999)
Showcase Presents: World's Finest #1 (2007)
Batman Superman: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2016)
Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age #1 (2017)
Batman in the Fifties (2021)


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Second Story: "The G.A. Goes G.I." (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringPat Gordon
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (between Adventure Comics #222/3 and #223/3)
Speedy

Villain(s):

Fred Borden (first appearance; an escaped convict that hides out in a Army exercise)

Location(s):

Star City (presumed)


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Third Story: "The Frontier Informer" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Ray
LetteringPat Gordon
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tomahawk

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Hunter

Location(s):

Somewhere in the Carolina Territory


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