World's Finest Comics, #36

Published: September-October 1948

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World's Finest Comics #36

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Issue Contents:
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
Story Notes

Art credits verified to Craig Delich by Mortimer.

Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Lois Lane, Sleeping Beauty?
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"No one can estimate how many lives Superman has saved!"

Storyline

An Egyptian curse strikes Lois, causing her to fall into a sleeping coma. However, it is all a ruse to help a struggling playwright. To keep Superman from discovering the truth, he is sent to retrieve seemingly impoosible ingredients for her "cure".

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
  • Perry White
  • Dr. Vilodnya [Mr. Blanding]
Credits
Ewell Blackwell
Story 3 1 page

Featuring Western Comics

Story 4 1 page
Doctor Fatty and Mr. Hyde!

Featuring Doc and Fatty

Story 5 8 pages adventure; humor

""History's Headaches" is what they call Doc and ..."

Storyline

Doc is reading "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". Fatty accidentally hits one of the keys on the time-typer and they are sent back to Victorian London. Feeling thirsty, Fatty drinks a beaker of liquid which changes him into a "Mister Hyde" character. Within a week he has claimed one hundred victims, but instead of killing them he snips off their mustaches. In a sort time he has one thousand victims under his belt. They escape back to the present just as an angry mob bursts in, and Robert Louis Stevenson has an idea for a novel.

Characters
  • Doc
  • Fatty
  • Robert Louis Stevenson
Credits
Story Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/). The story is possible inventory from All Funny Comics (DC, 1943 series) whose last issue was released several months prior.

Story 6 1 page
The Legion of Death-Cheaters!
Story 7 12 pages adventure; children

"They were members of a unique club indeed..."

Storyline

Young millionaire Dudley Perkins is giving a party aboard his yacht when it catches fire. The Boy Commandos and Captain Carter happen to be on a nearby paddle steamer, and help pull survivors from the water. Learning that Perkins did not jump, they swing over to the burning yacht and pull him from the fire. Carter and Perkins are invited to join The Legion of Death-Cheaters - men who have survived near-death situations. At their annual meeting various members tell their tales. Rip recalls one time when he and the Commandos flew over Pas de Calais to the Nazi Buzz Bomb nest.

Characters
  • The Boy Commandos
  • Captain Rip Carter
  • Dudley Perkins
  • Arthur L. Berry
  • Douglas Graves
  • Nevada Jim Craley
  • Canby
  • Barclay
  • Primo the Astrologist
Credits
Story Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

Story 8 1 page humor

"I've seen you around here for hours!"

Story 9 1 page

"Want mystery?"

Crime for a Hobby!
Story 10 10 pages adventure; superhero

"In Gangland they say, "Green Arrow without his bow is like a scorpion without his sting!""

Storyline

The annual Hobby World's Fair is being held on Hobby Island. Oliver and Roy are aboard an approaching ship. Roy is to have a booth, displaying their entire collection of arrow heads. The insurance company has every visitor screened by fluoroscope. Although they wear their crime fighting costumes under their civilian clothes, no weapons are allowed on the island. However, Mr. Gadget has smuggled in a gun concealed in a statue. In their Green Arrow and Speedy guise they create makeshift bows and arrows from items at hand, and bring Gadget's crime spree to an end.

Characters
  • Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
  • Speedy [Roy Harper]
  • Mr. Gadget (villain)
Credits
Story Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

Mystery Man of Death Valley
Story 11 3 pages non-fiction; biography

"Many times in the past 40 years..."

Characters
  • Walter Edward Perry Scott [aka "Death Valley Scotty"]
  • A.M. Johnson
Credits
Story Notes

Left over from Real Fact Comics (DC, 1946 series).

Story 12 1 page humor

"Weight and Fortune 1¢"

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 13 1 page
Mayor of the Muggs!
Story 14 7 pages adventure; fantasy

"When crooks try to browbeat honest citiens..."

Storyline

Using his magic, Zatara foils a plot to rig an election

Characters
  • Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
  • Walter Dale
  • Horgan (crook)
Story Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

Scramble Language
Story 15 2 pages
Ship of Destiny!
Story 16 12 pages superhero

"Rich and poor, good and evil..."

Storyline

Taking a vacation to recover from a bullet wound, Bruce Wayne goes on a cruise, but when thieves strike, Batman investigates.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Eve Lundis (movie star)
  • James Rand
  • Martin Kinn
  • Mr. Thorn
Credits
Story Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.