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Issue: World's Finest Comics #71
Publication Date: July 1954
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Issues: #71 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/24/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The Millennium Edition reprint incorrectly solely credits Mort Weisinger as the original editor, both in a credit and in the Remembering the Millennium feature.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#161, 170, 179, 188, 223-228, 230)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: In this issue: Read what happens when Superman and Batman exchange identities!
Synopsis: Robin is shocked as Batman leaps in front of Superman to protect the Man of Steel from a hail of bullets fired from a gangster's gun.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published August 2000
as The Historic Beginning of the World's Longest-Running Team-Up [Illustration on Cover, Front]minus the "Now 10¢" blurb
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]B&W
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as World's Finest Comics #71 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): several unnamed members of the Smallville Teen-Age Club
First Line: Great Scott! Smoke -- from the headquarters of the Smallville Teen-Age Club!
Synopsis: Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club which inspires them to start a project to educate people about fire prevention.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Batman - Double for Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shorty (villain)
First Line: Wh-what's this? Aren't you fellows a little mixed up?
Synopsis: Lois Lane accidentally learns Superman's identity while he is trying to rescue Batman and Robin, so Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne exchange roles to convince Lois that Clark is not Superman.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #179 published October 1968
as Batman-Double for Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #14/1969 published July 1969
as Ein Double für Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published August 2000
as Batman - Double for Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as Batman - Double for Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]B&W
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Recaps their first meeting from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #76.

The splash page title reads "Your Two Favorite Heroes Superman [regular logo] and Batman and Robin [regular logo] in One Adventure Together!"
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First Line: A Tootsie Pop... with a Tootsie Roll inside... 2 treats for the price of 1... and only 2¢
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Pages: 1
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Genres: childrens
First Line: Gosh, Pud, wasn't it swell of Mom 'n' Pop to bring us along on this vacation to Alaska?!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Above the Editorial Advisory Board
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Below the Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids advertisement
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The Invisible Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Daniel Burrows (flashback, wealthy recluse, death); Bull's-Eye (villain, flashback, cameo); "Jungle" Joe Meredith (villain, flashback); Mousie (villain, flashback); Louie (villain, flashback)
First Line: Unusual indeed are the shafts decorating Green Arrow's colorful trophy room... the smoke-bomb arrow, the balloon arrow, the rainbow arrow -- and all the rest! But none can compare in strangeness to the amazing "bottle-of-water" arrow, which figured...
Synopsis: Green Arrow opens up his fabulous trophy room to TV crews, as he explains the history of many of his special arrows he has used on past cases.
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published August 2000
as The Invisible Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Credits are from the corrections page in the Millennium Edition: Superboy #1 (2001 series).
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Scripto guarantees the best... in writing!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Always use Scripto lead and erasers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the last page of the previous story sequence.
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"Free" Wheeling with Abbott and Costello

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bill; an unnamed boy
First Line: Hey, Bill, give me that "Popsicle" bag.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jerry's girl friend
First Line: Now don't stray too far while I do some shopping!
Synopsis: Jerry goes shopping with his girl friend.
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published August 2000
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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3-D Daredevils

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Several unnamed mapmakers in separate groups
First Line: Many Hardships and Hazards Are Endured by Modern Mapmakers to Reach Their Goal
Synopsis: Describes the hardships and hazards that modern mapmakers endure to do their job.
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published August 2000
as 3-D Daredevils [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Schwinn Phantom

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Big! Bright! Beautiful!
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Pages: 1
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Feathered Fighters for Freedom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: historical, western
Character(s): Andrews; Thaddeus Steele (painter, bird lover); unnamed British Major (villain); un-named British Sergeant (villain); Andrews (villain, British soldier)
First Line: Countless wings stir the heavy air as Tomahawk and Dan Hunter seek refuge from pursuing enemies in a mysterious swamp -- and blunder into mantraps! But the most spectacular trap waits for their foes as a strange artist...
Synopsis: Tomahawk and Dan must face the Redcoats and more trying to get a British dispatch case, carrying secret campaign plans inside, to Fort Union.
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published August 2000
as Feathered Fighters for Freedom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits are from the corrections page in the Millennium Edition: Superboy #1 (2001 series).
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More Americans ride... Hercules Lightweights than any other English-built bike!

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Feature(s): Hercules Lightweights
First Line: Look at this gleaming ruby red finish... it's keen!
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Pages: 1
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Given - Given - Given

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Be first
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Easy on the eye... easy on the foot...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: 3 handsome new Thom McAns
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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