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World's Finest Comics 2

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #2

Cover Date: Summer 1941
Cover Price: $.15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsPaul Cassidy
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Unknown X (Arthur Jameson; first appearance; a crime lord)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

Paul Cassidy and an unknown inker (Leo Nowak ?) 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
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Red, White and Blue:
Red Dugan (between All-American Comics #28/7 and #29/7)
Whitey Smith (between All-American Comics #28/7 and #29/7)
Blooey Blue (between All-American Comics #28/7 and #29/7)
Doris West (between All-American Comics #28/7 and #29/7)

Villain(s):

foreign saboteurs (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Fort Dickens (first appearance)


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Third Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Lehti
ArtJack Lehti
LetteringJack Lehti
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Crimson Avenger (between Detective Comics #53 and #54)
Wing (between Detective Comics #53 and #54; dresses as Travis' date)

Villain(s):

jewelry robbers and extortionists (first appearance for all)


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Fourth Story: "In The Army!!!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Thunder (between Flash Comics #19/2 and #20/2; joins and is expelled from the Army)

Supporting Character(s):

Thunderbolt (between Flash Comics #19/2 and #20/2; yellow humanoid form)


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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

Villain(s):

Jimmy Rio (first appearance; a notorious gangster)


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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 #38/6 and #39/6)

Villain(s):

Dr. Caruther (first appearance; scientist using vibrations to cause tornadoes; probably dies)
Morgu (first appearance; Caruther's henchman; probably dies)

Location(s):

Goa Field (first appearance)


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Seventh Story: "The Adventure of the French Quarter" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHarry Lampert
LetteringHarry Lampert
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

King {between Flash Comics #18/5 and #19/4)

Villain(s):

Witch (last in World's Best Comics #1/7; next in Flash Comics #20/4)

Other Character(s):

Painter Paul Prentis (first appearance; a safe cracker that raised the Witch; dies)
Dagger Dan Lafitte (first appearance; Witch's biological father; dies)

Location(s):

New Orleans, LA


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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):

Beppo and Leppo (first appearance; crooked trapeze artists who try and bankrupt a circus)

Location(s):

Columbia, OH


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Ninth Story: "The Man Who Couldn't Remember!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Comment(s):

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

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2002)

Synopsis:

Incomplete Indexes


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