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World's Finest Comics, #84

Published: September-October 1956

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World's Finest Comics #84

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The Super-Mystery of Metropolis!
1 page superhero

"Batman, you and Robin are the only ones who can find out what's happend to Superman!"

Storyline

Lois Lane pleads with Batman and Robin to help find the missing Superman.

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Credits
Story Notes

Per Gene Reed, Jack Schiff once remarked that he sometimes used Sprang's splash page for the cover and then used the original cover for the splash or had another splash drawn, and suggested that that appears to be the case here. Based on that bit of information, Jim Van Dore suggests the Lois Lane figure was added by Curt Swan when the cover and splash were swapped in this case.

Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!
Story 1 1 page

"Jumpin' Jupiter! You're sure sizzling th' ol' rocket today, Ted!"

Characters
  • Junior Space Pilots [Penny
  • Ted
  • unnamed boy]
Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Super-Mystery of Metropolis!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"Something in his past has always worried Superman and now, suddenly, that secret reaches out of the past to threaten the usefulness of the Man of Steel."

Storyline

Superman believes that Thad Linnis knows his secret identity, so when Thad demands he leave Metropolis, Superman does. Superman reveals to Batman and Robin a tale of his youth in Smallville and discovers that the young boy that he thinks may have discovered his identity was actually a young Bruce Wayne.

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Story Notes

First meeting of Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent in Smallville.

Mike Was a Rolling Menace Until...
Story 3 1 page

"Wheeee-ew! He swerved ten feet past the line!"

Characters
  • Mike
Story Notes

On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.

331 Stamps All Different Yours for Only 25¢
Story 4 1 page

"You get everyone of the stamps pictured plus hundreds of other fascinating issues from all over the world."

Story Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence and above the DeLuxe Photo Service advertisement.

631 Movie & TV Star Pictures 25¢
Story 5 1 page

"Exciting new collection!"

Characters
Story Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence and below the Zenith Stamps advertisement.

Here Are the Prizes in the Giant Slogan Contest
Story 6 3 pages

"Over 5000 prizes"

Story Notes

Contest rules and prizes for submitting a new slogan for DC.

The Mystery of 1,000 Masks
Story 7 6 pages superhero

"Thousands of masked merrymakers -- and behind one of the masks, the face of a fugitive!"

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Credits
Story Notes

Green Arrow wears a red hat. The Arrow Cave is called the Secret Lair.

Wildroot Cream-Oil Gives You Confidence!
Story 8 0 pages

"Nothing scares that Smedley."

Characters
  • Smedley
Story Notes

On the bottom of the last page of the Green Arrow story.

The Big Dance
Story 9 1 page advocacy

"So when Daddy told me I'd have to be in by 12 or no dance, that was absolutely the end."

Storyline

A group of children talk about their parents' rules.

Characters
  • Janie
  • Mary Lou
  • Muggsie
Credits
The New 1956 Action-Engineered AMF Roadmaster
Story 10 1 page

"The bike created for boys who like action!"

The Frontier Braggart
Story 11 5 pages historical; western-frontier

"Step back -- or wallow in the mud, Tomahawk! I don't aim to surrender an inch o' this plank to you!"

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Credits
Do You Want Spending Money?
Story 12 1 page

"Sell these popular patriotic and religious mottoes"

Do You need Extra Money?
Story 13 1 page

"$35.00 is yours for selling only 50 boxes of our Christmas Card Style line."

Stop Being a Skinny Weakling Like I was in 10 Minutes a Day...
Story 14 1 page

"Gain 25 lbs. of handsom power-packed muscles all over!"

Characters
  • Jim Norman
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

A New Scientific Toy!
Story 15 1 page

"Only $1.00"

Story Notes

Back cover.