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World's Finest Comics #79

DC · Series began 1941 · November-December 1955

Dates

Cover date
November-December 1955
On sale
September 25, 1955
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Henry Boltinoff, Al Capp, George Papp, Bruno Premianiinks: Win Mortimer, Stan Kaye, Henry Boltinoff, Al Capp, Ray Burnleyletters: Ira Schnapp, Pat Gordon, Henry Boltinoffscript: Edmond Hamilton, Henry Boltinoff, Al Capp, George Kashdan, Jack Schiff, Ed Herron

Stories

  • The Three Magicians of Bagdad · 12 pages

    Batman and Robin are sent into the past by Dr. Nichols, but he is unable to return them to the present. He calls upon Superman to help him, so Superman travels to the past to meet Batman and Robin. Together, they help Aladdin by having Superman pose as the genii in Aladdin's lamp.

  • Archer from Across the Sea · 6 pages
  • How to Train a Dog · 2 pages
  • Weapon of Peace · 6 pages

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanClark KentSupermanDick GraysonRobinLois LaneOliver QueenGreen ArrowRoy HarperSpeedyTom HawkTomahawkDan HunterLittle PeteSagebrush SamProfessor Carter Nichols

Reprinted in

World's Finest Comics Archives (1999), Showcase Presents: World's Finest (2007), Batman and Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus (2016), Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age (2017)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.