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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #40
Cover Date: May-June 1949
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1949-03-28
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
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Credits:
| Story | Al Schwartz |
| Art | Al Plastino |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #58/3; next in Action Comics #133)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #58/3; next in Action Comics #133)
Villain(s):
- Check and his thugs (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Brenda Manning (first appearance; an actress who resembles Lois; is threatened by Check into pretending to be Lois Lane to foil Superman)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
Credits:
| Story | Otto Binder |
| Art | George Papp |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Guest Star(s):
- Robin Hood (exchanges places with Green Arrow)
Villain(s):
- Monocle Mike and his gang (first appearance; an international jewel thief)
- Black Baron (in the 12th Century)
Location(s):
- London, England
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
Credits:
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
| Inks | Steve Brodie |
| Lettering | Sam Rosen |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Pete Flannon (first appearance; kills Singsong Mulloy, then dies)
- Big Oak Oketon (first appearance; escapes from jail, recovers loot then goes crazy trying to remove handcuffs)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place mostly in flashback in winter.
Credits:
| Story | George Kashdan |
| Art | Joe Kubert |
| Lettering | Joe Kubert ? |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Credits:
| Art | Jim Mooney (as Bob Kane) |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Jumpy Peters (from Utah), Sailor Roggs (from North Carolina), Careful Kyle (from New York) and Angles Mason (from Kansas; first appearance for all four; all scheduled to be executed and escape with their former boss, Boss Berry; all die)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
- This story takes place in April.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 (2018)