Unofficial World's Finest Comics Index

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #51

Cover Date: April-May 1951
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1951-01-31

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer

Story: "The Amazing Talents of Lois Lane!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Al Plastino
Lettering	Sam Rosen
Editing	Jack Schiff

Comment(s):

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

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Second Story: "The Hunter of Humans!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Art	George Papp
Lettering	Sam Rosen
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow

Speedy

Villain(s):

Napoleon West (first appearance; a criminal mastermind (with a really big head!))

Comment(s):

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

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Third Story: "Doomsday in Atlantis!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Dan Barry
Lettering	Sam Rosen
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tom Sparks

Supporting Character(s):

Joe

Location(s):

Northville

Atlantis (first appearance; an Atlantean colony located off the coast of Portugal; Thanold and Lira named)

Comment(s):

Atlanteans shown here are extremely long lived (300 years plus) and air breathers in a pressurized dome.

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Fourth Story: "The Outlaws of Lightning Hollow!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Howard Sherman
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid

Villain(s):

Salt-Grass Morton and his gang (first appearance; a crooked rancher)

Location(s):

Lightning Hollow (first appearance)

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Fifth Story: "Arabian Knight!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	George Kashdan
Art	Ralph Mayo
Lettering	Sam Rosen
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara (next in flashback in Batman: Streets of Gotham #14)

Villain(s):

Mopey and his gang (first appearance for all)

Comment(s):

This is the final Zatara story published during the Golden Age.

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Sixth Story: "The Acadamy for Gangsters!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	David V. Reed (as David Vern)
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Lettering	Ira Schnapp
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Boston Burns and his gang (first appearance for all; creates a school for criminals)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Devers Island (first appearance)

Comment(s):

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

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