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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #4

Cover Date: Winter 1941
Cover Price: $.15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtLeo Nowak
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Dan Bransom (first appearance; a fraudulent crusuader trying to get transit system changed to his buses)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

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] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJoseph Sulman
LetteringJoseph Sulman
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara (between Action Comics #44/6 and #45/6)

Villain(s):

Frenchy Pete (first appearance; a gangster trying to muscle in on New Orleans government)

Location(s):

New Orleans, LA

Comment(s):

Even though this story is stated to take place during Mardi Gras, it is probably another winter festival occurring in late 1941.


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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHarry Lampert
LetteringHarry Lampert
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Red, White and Blue:
Red Dugan
Whitey Smith
Blooey Blue
Doris West (between All-American Comics #34/2 and #35/5)

Villain(s):

foreign spies (first appearance for all; trains buzzards to fly into planes; all die)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Lehti
PencilsPaul Norris
InksCharles Paris
LetteringCharles Paris
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Crimson Avenger (last in Detective Comics #59/2; next in Leading Comics #1)
Wing (last in Detective Comics #59/2; next in Leading Comics #1)

Villain(s):

Methuselah (Kent Carver; first appearance; swindles old rich men into turning young temporarily; accidentally aged to be elderly; see Comments)

Other Character(s):

Phineas Carver (first appearance; an elderly rich man who is swindled by his nephew)

Comment(s):

Carver's ray is similar to the one used by the (Golden) Skull in Leading Comics #5.


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Fifth Story: "The Conjurer's Case!" (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):

Sonders (first appearance; kills his former fiancee and frames her present boyfriend)

Other Character(s):

Dobolo (first appearance; a stage illusionist who is framed for murder)


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJon L. Blummer
ArtJon L. Blummer
LetteringJon L. Blummer
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Hop Harrigan (last in Green Lantern #2/2; next in All-American Comics #35/2; saves a fishing trawler and is nearly mobbed by his female fans)

Supporting Character(s):

Tank Tinker
Miss Snap
Gerry Nye


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtCliff Young
LetteringCliff Young
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Sandman (last in All-Star Comics #8/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Dian Belmont (last in All-Star Comics #8)

Villain(s):

Society of Six (first appearance; group of six hooded criminals using World War I gas to kill and rob)

Location(s):

Maine
New York City, NY
Long Island, NY


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Eighth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHarry Lampert
LetteringHarry Lampert
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

King (between Flash Comics #25/4 and Flash Comics #26/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Witch (between Flash Comics #24/4 and #28/4; plans on kidnapping Ken, but helps King instead)

Villain(s):

Perc Stillsen (first appearance; Ken's cousin; tries to frame him for murder)

Other Character(s):

Ken Stillsen (first appearance; an old friend of King's who is threatened by his family)


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Ninth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtChad Grothkopf
LetteringChad Grothkopf
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Lando, Master of Magic

Villain(s):

Carrideo (first appearance; gangster who tried to steal a radium mine)
Gargoyle (first appearance; a horrific hairy monster who keeps the natives in line through fear)

Other Character(s):

Peggy Morgan (first appearance; nearly swindled out of a radium mine)

Location(s):

Mexican swamplands


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Tenth Story: "The Ghost Gang Goes West!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsBob Kane
InksJerry Robinson, 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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