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World's Finest Comics 80

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #80

Cover Date: January-February 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1955-11-23

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Super-Newspaper of Gotham City!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsDick Sprang
InksStan Kaye
LetteringPat Gordon
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #212; next in Superman Vol. 1 #103; works in Gotham City on the Gazette)
Batman (last in Detective Comics #227; next in Batman Vol. 1 #97; joins the Gazette staff as a reporter)
Robin (last in Detective Comics #227; next in Batman Vol. 1 #97)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #212; next in Superman Vol. 1 #103; becomes the Editor of the Gotham Gazette)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #212; next in Superman Vol. 1 #103)
Alfred Pennyworth (in between Detective Comics #226 and #228)

Villain(s):

Mole and his gang (first appearance of all; next in Batman Vol. 1 #340)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Wayne Manor
Batcave
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #188 (October-November 1969)
World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (1999)
Showcase Presents: World's Finest #1 (2007)
Batman Superman: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2016)
Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age #1 (2017)


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Second Story: "The Bewitching Bow" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringPat Gordon
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (between Adventure Comics #220/3 and #221/3)
Speedy

Villain(s):

Karl Florian and his gang (first appearance for all; attempts to throw Green Arrow off by using a "cursed bow")

Location(s):

Star City (presumed)


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Third Story: "The Brave of Fort Fearless" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Ray
LetteringPat Gordon
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tomahawk

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Hunter

Villain(s):

Mighty Horse (first appearance; a Mohawk war chief who cons his way into Fort Fearless to destroy the defenses, but comes to the realization that the whites want to be their friends)

Location(s):

Somewhere in the New York Territory.


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