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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #82

Cover Date: May-June 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1956-03-20

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Three Super-Musketeers!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsDick Sprang, Al Plastino (Superman heads only)
InksStan Kaye
LetteringPat Gordon
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Superman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Carter Nichols (in between Batman #99/2 and #102/2)

Villain(s):

Chancellor Bourdet (first appearance; condemned to wear the Iron Mask as punishment)

Other Character(s):

d'Artagnan
Athos, Porthos and Aramis (behind the scenes)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Wayne Manor
Batcave
Metropolis
Paris, France (circa 1696)

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #15 (October 1965)
Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (1990)
World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (1999)
Showcase Presents: World's Finest #1 (2007)
Batman Superman: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2016)
Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age #1 (2017)
Batman in the Fifties (2021)


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Second Story: "The Frontier Fortune Teller" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Ray
LetteringPat Gordon
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tomahawk

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Hunter

Villain(s):

Nimble Foot (first appearance; a Mohawk Indian who stole his tribe's furs)

Location(s):

Somewhere in the New York Territory.


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Third Story: "The Pictures of Peril" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringPat Gordon
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (origin related in flashbacks; see Comments)
Speedy

Villain(s):

Clemens and his gang (first appearance for all; poses as a photojournalist for a tour of the Arrowcave)

Location(s):

Star City
Arrowcave

Comment(s):

Green Arrow relates portions of his origin story, which does not match either the Golden or Silver Age versions. This may be a ruse to confuse Clemens or this is an alternate universe version of the standard Green Arrow.


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