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World's Finest Comics 3

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #3

Cover Date: Fall 1941
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1941-08-15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtLeo Nowak
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White

Villain(s):

Sparky Waters (first appearance; a private investigator hired to crash trains to ruin company)
Thorton Bigsby (first appearance; investor trying to ruin railroad company so he can take it over)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

Leo Nowak credited as Joe Shuster.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2004)


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Second Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHoward Purcell
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Red, White and Blue:
Red Dugan (between All-American Comics #31/4 and #32/4)
Whitey Smith (between All-American Comics #31/4 and #32/4)
Blooey Blue (between All-American Comics #31/4 and #32/4)
Doris West (between All-American Comics #30/4 and #32/4)

Villain(s):

spies (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Jan Treb (first appearance; informant)


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Third Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Lehti
ArtPaul Norris
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Crimson Avenger (between Detective Comics #56 and #57; wears a cape)
Wing (between Detective Comics #56 and #57)

Villain(s):

Sammy the Swell (first appearance; kidnaps Robert Blanco)

Other Character(s):

Robert Blanco (first appearance; foreign dignitary trying to sell uncut diamonds for his country's military)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn B. Wentworth
ArtStan Aschmeyer
LetteringStan Aschmeyer
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Thunder (last in flashback in All-Star Squadron Annual #3; next in Flash Comics #23/2; joins Lernfast NiteSchool and joins their football team)

Supporting Character(s):

Thunderbolt (last in flashback in All-Star Squadron Annual #3; next in Flash Comics #23/2)
Daisy Darling

Villain(s):

Starbrite NiteSchool (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the fall?


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryHenry Boltinoff
ArtHenry Boltinoff
LetteringHenry Boltinoff
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Young Doc Davis

Supporting Character(s):

Mac

Villain(s):

Mr. Royle (first appearance; Davis' superior at Metropolis Hospital; an underworld doctor and surgeon)

Other Character(s):

Clarence Dale (first appearance; kidnapped during a surgery)


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJoseph Sulman
LetteringJoseph Sulman
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara (between Action Comics #41/7 and #42/7)

Villain(s):

Big Elmo (first appearance; uses strong arm tactics to try and get elected mayor of Centervale)

Location(s):

Centervale (first appearance)


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsCraig Flessel
InksChad Grothkopf
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Sandman (last in Adventure Comics #67/6; next in All-Star Comics #7)

Supporting Character(s):

Dian Belmont (last in Adventure Comics #67; next in All-Star Comics #7)

Villain(s):

Racketeers (first appearance for all)


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Eighth Story: [No title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHarry Lampert
LetteringHarry Lampert
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

King (between Flash Comics #22/4 and #23/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Witch (between Flash Comics #22/4 and #23/4)

Villain(s):

Food Stamp Counterfeiters (first appearance for all)


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Ninth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHoward Purcell
LetteringHoward Purcell
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Lando, Master of Magic

Villain(s):

The Hood (Brockman; first appearance; a plantation owner trying to destroy other plantations by controlling the natives)

Location(s):

Panama Canal, Panama


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Tenth Story: "The Scarecrow!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsBob Kane
InksBob Kane, George Roussos
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane; first appearance; a psychology teacher who uses fear to commit crimes; also in flashback to his youth)

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
This story is not fully indexed at this time.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2002)

Synopsis:

Incomplete Indexes


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