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World's Finest Comics 66

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #66

Cover Date: September-October 1953
Cover Price: $0.15
Publication Date: 1953-07-27

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "Superman Ex-Crimebuster!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsAl Plastino
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (disguises himself as King Sapphire)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Harry "King" Sapphire (first appearance; a criminal who looks like Superman; also as The Mask, a crime boss)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
London, England
Egypt


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Second Story: "Green Arrow Joins the Foreign Legion!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (also in flashback to an adventure in coastal Africa)
Speedy (also in flashback to an adventure in coastal Africa)

Villain(s):

Pirates (first appearance for all; in flashback only)

Location(s):

Coastal Africa (in flashback only)


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Third Story: "Yankee Doodle Fleet!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Ray
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tomahawk

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Hunter

Villain(s):

British Navy

Location(s):

Whaleport, Maine Colony

Comment(s):

This story takes place in 1778.


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Fourth Story: "The Proving Ground for Crime!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsDick Sprang
InksCharles Paris
LetteringIra Schnapp
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Brass Hadley and his gang (first appearance for all; uses men with similar heart conditions to find out how much he can exert himself; dies)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave

Comment(s):

Batman's address is given as 37 Gotham Blvd.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9 (2021)


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