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World's Best Comics 1

WORLD'S BEST COMICS #1

Cover Date: 1941
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1941-02-10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsWayne Boring
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Rainmaker (first appearance; an extortionist who built a machine to control rainfall; dies)

Comment(s):

Wayne Boring and an unknown inker (Don Komisarow ?) credited as Joe Shuster.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2004)


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Second Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHarry Lampert
LetteringHarry Lampert
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Red, White and Blue
Red Dugan (between All-American Comics #25/6 and #26/7)
Whitey Smith (between All-American Comics #25/6 and #26/7)
Blooey Blue (has a nightmare about abducting a new tank; between All-American Comics #25/6 and #26/7)
Doris West (between All-American Comics #25/6 and #27/7)


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Third Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Lehti
PencilsJack Lehti
InksCharles Paris
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Crimson Avenger (wears a cape on his costume; between Detective Comics #50/2 and Detective Comics #51/2)
Wing (between Detective Comics #48/3 and Detective Comics #52)

Villain(s):

assassins (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Ambassador of Bolivinia (first appearance)
The Governor (first appearance)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn B. Wentworth
ArtStan Aschmeyer
LetteringStan Aschmeyer
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Thunder (between Flash Comics #16/2 and #17/2; driving a truck for Herman Darling)

Supporting Character(s):

Thunderbolt (between Flash Comics #16/2 and #17/2; yellow with human head and hands, also nearly humanoid form)
Herman Darling

Villain(s):

Leaps & Bounds Trucking Company (first appearance for all; tries to steal the trucking contract)

Other Character(s):

Homer Legion (first appearance; Johnny's helper on the truck)


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryHenry Boltinoff
ArtHenry Boltinoff
LetteringHenry Boltinoff
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Young Doc Davis

Supporting Character(s):

Mac (an ambulance driver)

Villain(s):

Arak (first appearance; head of a tong that steals narcotics)


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJoseph Sulman
LetteringJoseph Sulman
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara (between Action Comics #34/6 and #35/6)

Villain(s):

The Menace (John West; first appearance; secretly runs a gang)

Location(s):

Carson City, NV


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHarry Lampert
LetteringHarry Lampert
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

King (between Flash Comics #16/5 and #17/5)

Villain(s):

Witch (last in Flash Comics #15/5; next in World's Finest Comics #2/7

Other Character(s):

Herb Harper (first appearance; a private detective)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Eighth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHoward Purcell
LetteringHoward Purcell
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Lando, Master of Magic

Villain(s):

Mr. Rossi (first appearance; crooked hotel owner)
General Hong (first appearance; an oriental dictator who wanted to take over the US)

Other Character(s):

Micki (first appearance)

Location(s):

Neva (first appearance; a small mining community in the Rocky Mountains near the Canadian border)


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Ninth Story: "The Witch and the Manuscript of Doom!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsBob Kane
InksBob Kane, George Roussos
LetteringGeorge Roussos
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are Earth-Two.
This story is not fully indexed at this time.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Vol. 1 #254/2 (January-February 1974)
Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2002)

Synopsis:

Incomplete Indexes


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