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Issue: World's Finest Comics #30
Publication Date: September 1947
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Issues: #30 of 322 Issues (424 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/28/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published December 2009
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published June 2004
as Cover - World's Finest Comics #30 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The World's Finest Heroes Go to Town in the World's Finest Action Stories!

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Sheriff Clark Kent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Ed Hollis (Mayor of Saddle Fork); Roaring Pete (Deputy); Catawampus Jones (villain, prospector); the Rockdust Bandits [Hardpan; others unnamed] (villains)
First Line: $5,000 reward Wanted Dead or Alive The Rockdust Bandits...
Synopsis: When Clark accidentally knocks out members of the Rockdust Gang, who are smuggling out stolen gold from town, the timid reporter is made Sheriff of Saddle Rock. But it's Superman who uncovers the identity of the real criminal boss of the gang.
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In Issue: FlagSuperman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published December 2009
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Pages: 13
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Eddie Stanky

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Crime Goes to Press!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Velvet Hand [Deadline Dugan] (villain); Joe (crook); Miller (convict)
First Line: The grim climax of law vs. crime - the chase!
Synopsis: Velvet Hand's crime spree is ended when Green Arrow identifies him as reporter Deadline Dugan. When Dugan is made editor of the prison newspaper, he prints codded messages telling his gang where to rob prime targets. Green Arrow breaks the code and prints his own edition of the prison newspaper with a coded message that leads the gang to a trap.
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The Timid Terror!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Tasker Trout; Carson; Cousin Edgar
First Line: Hunger of ferocious jungle beasts...
Synopsis: Big-game hunter Tasker Trout is a phony, secretly paying Carson to perform the actual killing. Zatara is at a banquet honoring Trout, where his nephew tries to disprove Trout's false claims. He uses his magic to foil Edgar's plans.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Willy
First Line: Mmmm -- Boy, I smell pies!
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Pages: 0.5
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The Overturned Canoe

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 0.5
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The Black Gold of Red Valley!

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Genres: adventure, childrens, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Rollo, the World's Fattest Man (villain); Joe Wilkes
First Line: Oil! - The rich prize of wars1
Synopsis: Rollo returns with a scheme to force oil operators in Red Valley to insure their wells and rigs with his company. The Boy Commandos and Rip arrive in the town to investigate the mysterious oil well fires, and put paid to his operations.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
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Stick-Up

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.67
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Pages: 0.33
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Havoc on Wheels!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Johnny Everyman
Character(s): Johnny Everyman; Mr. & Mrs. Eaton; Frank Eaton
First Line: Johnny Everyman knows well the threat of sudden death...
Synopsis: Johnny is on his way to give a lecture when his car is nearly run off the road. During the course of his talk, Johnny speaks of careless youthful motorists. He recognizes the culprit from earlier in the audience, and later is introduced to him formerly at the home of his hosts, as their son Frank. A near fatal accident while the arrogant Frank is driving Johnny's souped-up car brings Frank to his senses and he becomes a tireless advocate for safe driving.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
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More Exciting Than Fiction!

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Feature(s): Real Fact Comics
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Pages: 1
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Trapping a Bandit

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Genres: adventure
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The Penny Plunderers!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; J. J. Withers (introduction); Joe Coyne (villain, introduction); Skinny (villain, introduction, death); Mike (villain, introduction)
First Line: One of the most common of all objects in a penny!
Synopsis: Throughout his life, Joe Coyne felt threatened, done in by pennies and coppers, so he decides to use the "copper penny" as a trademark of his crimes.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #256 published May 1974
as The Penny Plunderers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #8/1976 published January 1976
as Pennyplundrarna [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #8/1976 published August 1976
as Penny-tyvene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Forties #[nn] published May 2004
as The Penny Plunderers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 published June 2004
as The Penny Plunderers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Parker Johns.
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Top Favorite!

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Feature(s): The Gumps
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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