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World's Finest Comics 11

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #11

Cover Date: Fall 1943
Cover Price: $.15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley


Story: "The City of Hate!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsIra Yarbrough
InksGeorge Roussos
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

George Taylor
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Skeptic (first appearance; a janitor at the Daily Planet who uses his late brother's "Hate-Gas" to cause good citizens to go crazy)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Star

Comment(s):

Yarbrough and Roussos credited as Joe Shuster.
The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2004)


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Second Story: "The Little Land That Wasn't There!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHal Sherman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (last in Leading Comics #8; next in Star Spangled Comics #26/2)
Stripesy (last in Leading Comics #8; next in Star Spangled Comics #26/2)

Villain(s):

Crooks (first appearance; use a floating island ship to rob hotel patrons)

Location(s):

Florida


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Third Story: "Coupons of Cutthroats!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJoseph Sulman
LetteringJoseph Sulman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara (between Action Comics #64 and #65)

Villain(s):

Big George and Sleepy (first appearance for both; offer victims of their robberies a coupon for return of half their loot)


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Fourth Story: "Sand Dunes of Death!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby, Joe Simon
PencilsJack Kirby
InksJoe Simon
LetteringHoward Ferguson
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Boy Commandos:
Captain Rip Carter (last in Detective Comics #79; next in Boy Commandos #4)
Brooklyn (last in Detective Comics #79; next in Boy Commandos #4)
Andre Chavard (last in Detective Comics #79; next in Boy Commandos #4)
Jan Haasan (last in Detective Comics #79; next in Boy Commandos #4)
Alfy Twidgett (last in Detective Comics #79; next in Boy Commandos #4)

Villain(s):

Nazis (many die)

Location(s):

Tunisia


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Fifth Story: "The Criminal Who Reversed The Crime!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsCliff Young
InksSteve Brody
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last in Leading Comics #8; next in More Fun Comics #94)
Speedy (last in Leading Comics #8; next in More Fun Comics #94)

Villain(s):

O'Keefe and his gang (first appearance for all)

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.


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Seventh Story: "A Thief In Time!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtJerry Robinson
InksFred Ray
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Rob Callender (first appearance; a lab worker from the future who tries to steal artifacts that will make him rich in the future)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
This story is not fully indexed at this time.
Bill Finger, Jerry Robinson and Fred Ray credited as Bob Kane.
Callender is from some point in time after 2043.

Story Reprinted in:

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


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