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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #39

Cover Date: March-April 1949
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1949-01-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler


Story: "The Fatal Forecasts!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
ArtAl Plastino
LetteringSam Rosen
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #57/3; next in Action Comics #131)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #57/3; next in Action Comics #131)

Villain(s):

Big Jim Martin and his thugs (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Carr (first appearance; pretends to build a prediction machine)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.


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Second Story: "Hall of Infamy!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow
Speedy

Villain(s):

Greenface and his gang (first appearance; face permanently green; tricks Green Arrow and Speedy into a "Hall of Crime" to kill him)

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.


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Third Story: "The Kid Who Hit the $60,000 Jackpot!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Herron
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksSteve Brody
LetteringSam Rosen
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Boy Commandos:
Captain Rip Carter
Brooklyn
Andre Chavard
Tex

Villain(s):

Napoleon Biggers and his gang (first appearance for all; a smuggler)


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Fourth Story: "The Ghost Goes Wild!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtWilliam White
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara


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Fifth Story: "The Conquest of Batman's Identity!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJim Mooney (as Bob Kane)
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Other Character(s):

J. J. Jason (first appearance; a famous mystery writer; attempts to uncover Batman's true identity)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 (2018)


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