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World's Finest Comics #56

DC · Series began 1941 · January-February 1952

Dates

Cover date
January-February 1952
On sale
November 28, 1951
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, George Papp, Ray Thompson, Martin Naydel, Howard Sherman, Dick Sprang, Fred Harmaninks: Win Mortimer, Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, George Papp, Ray Thompson, Martin Naydel, Howard Sherman, Charles Paris, Fred Harmanletters: Sam Rosen, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Letterese, Martin Naydel, Ira Schnappscript: Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel, Gardner Fox, David Vern, Jack Schiff

Stories

  • The Superman Pageant! · 11.67 pages

    Famed silent film director Karl Kruger stages a comeback with a pageant starring a Superman robot, but at the last minute Superman has to take the robot's place.

  • The Man Who Held Up Brooks Express! · 10 pages

    Green Arrow and Speedy have to break a code hidden in a roll of coins.

  • The House That Haunted Northville! · 8 pages
  • Canyon of Whirling Death! · 10 pages
  • The Most Mysterious Treasure in the World · 2 pages
  • The Crimes in Double · 12 pages

    Batman and Robin face a series of crimes being committed in duplicate by two criminals in two places at the same time. The one caught by Batman is considered the loser and the one who successfully gets away is crowned the winner and gets to join Big Dan Hooker's All-Star crime gang.

Reprinted in

Superboy (1949), Wonder Woman (1942), Super Adventure Comic (1950), Star Spangled War Stories (1952), Our Army at War (1952), Twin Hearts (1958), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)

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