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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #45

Cover Date: April-May 1950
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1949-01-30

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "Lois Lane and Clark Kent, Detectives!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAl Schwartz
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Corelli (first appearance; a racketeer)
Foreign agents (first appearance for all; kill private investigators aiding a deposed prince)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

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


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Second Story: "The Silver Dollar Clue!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRyerson Johnson
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid

Supporting Character(s):

Racer (his horse)

Villain(s):

Unnamed crooks (first appearance for all; kill a rancher to take over his ranch for a gold mine)


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Third Story: "The Secret of Thunder Mountain?" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow
Speedy

Villain(s):

Switchman and his gang (first appearance for all)

Comment(s):

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


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Fourth Story: "Three Tasks for a Hero!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Kashdan
ArtRalph Mayo
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara

Villain(s):

Jesse Jimson (first appearance; a town bully)


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Fifth Story: "The Historian of Crime!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsBob Kane, Lew Sayer Schwartz
InksStan Kaye
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Historian of Crime (Hector Simmons; first appearance; secretary of Criminologist collector Ezra Dorn; uses ancient criminal weapons to commit crimes and frame Dorn)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2019)


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