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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #56

Cover Date: February-March 1952
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1951-11-28

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Superman Pagent!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAl Plastino
LetteringSam Rosen
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Dr. Vallin (first appearance; builds the Superman Robot and creates artificial Kryptonite)

Other Character(s):

A Superman Robot
An actor playing the part of The Prankster

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

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


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Second Story: "The Man Who Held Up Brooks Express!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow
Speedy

Villain(s):

Miles Mungo and his gang (first appearance for all; rob a Brooks Express Armored Car)

Comment(s):

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


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Third Story: "The House that Haunted Northville!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsBob Brown
InksDan Barry
LetteringSam Rosen
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tom Sparks

Villain(s):

Jim Bottsford (first appearance; kills a gangland leader and escapes with millions in diamonds; fakes his death)


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Fourth Story: "Canyon of Whirling Death!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHoward Sherman
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid

Villain(s):

Lem Hobble and his gang (first appearance for all; try to get an Australian to kill a victims; dies)


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Fifth Story: "The Crimes in Double!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDavid Vern
PencilsDick Sprang
InksCharles Paris
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Big Dan Hooker and his gang (first appearance for all; tries to get crooks to earn their way into his gang)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #8 (2020)


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