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Issue: World's Finest Comics #84
Publication Date: September 1956
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Issues: #84 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/24/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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The Super-Mystery of Metropolis!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as World's Finest Comics #84 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Per Gene Reed, Jack Schiff once remarked that he sometimes used Sprang's splash page for the cover and then used the original cover for the splash or had another splash drawn, and suggested that that appears to be the case here. Based on that bit of information, Jim Van Dore suggests the Lois Lane figure was added by Curt Swan when the cover and splash were swapped in this case. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).
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Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as R. T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as R. T.] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Super-Mystery of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Curt Swan (splash); Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superboy [Clark Kent](flashback); Lois Lane; Perry White; Ma Kent (Flashback); Pa Kent (Flashback); Thad Linnis; Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback)
Synopsis: Superman believes that Thad Linnis knows his secret identity, so when Thad demands he leave Metropolis, Superman does. Superman reveals to Batman and Robin a tale of his youth in Smallville, and discovers that the young boy that he thinks may have discovered his identity was actually a young Bruce Wayne.
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In Issue: FlagWorld's Finest Comics Archives #1 published May 1999
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #170 published October 1967
as The Super-Mystery of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #1/1968 published January 1968
as Das Super-Rätsel von Metropolis ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman and Batman Album #3 published November 1968
as The Super-Mystery of Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: World's Finest #1 published December 2007
as The Super-Mystery of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: 1st meeting of Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent in Smallville.
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Mike Was a Rolling Menace Until...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): U. S. Royals
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Zenith Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DeLuxe Photo Service
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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Here Are the Prizes in the Giant Slogan Contest

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Contest rules and prizes for submitting a new slogan for DC Comics.
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The Mystery of 1,000 Masks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Wood
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Green Arrow
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Green Arrow wears a red hat. Arrow Cave called Secret Lair.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Big Dance

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Roadmaster
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Frontier Braggart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Wood
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, western
Feature(s): Tomahawk
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cheerful Card Company
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nutty Putty
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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