World's Finest Comics #69

(March-April 1954)

On the Beam! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Jor-El's Last Will! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jor-El (flashback); Perry White; Lois Lane; Superman (origin flashback)

Synopsis

Jor-El's last will shows that Earth is doomed to explode like Krypton did. The location of Superman's secret mountain retreat is discovered by the world.

Reprints

• in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #6/1959
• in Superman Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1951 series) #1963 (1963)

Keywords

kryptonite; Superman's Mountain Retreat

Indexer Notes

Script originally credited to Bill Woolfolk, but this story is not in his records.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Shorty / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh, I'm late!

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

The Junior Ghost Patrol! (Table of Contents: 7)

Tomahawk / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Nick Cardy

Inks

Nick Cardy

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon ?

Genre

historical; western-frontier

Reprints

• in Hopalong Cassidy (K. G. Murray, 1954 series) #107 ([May 1958])
• in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #6 (January-March 1970)
which is reprinted
• in Tomahawk (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #6/1970 (1970)
• in Tomahawk (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #8/1973 ([august] 1973)
which is reprinted
• in Tomahawk (Semic, 1977 series) #12/1984 (uke 46 1984)
• in Tomahawk (Semic, 1982 series) #12/1984 ([8 november] 1984)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Hopalong Cassidy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Matador with a Bow! (Table of Contents: 10)

Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon ?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• in Batman (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #61 ([June 1955])

Sudden Death Valley! (Table of Contents: 11)

Two-Gun Percy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jimmy Thompson

Inks

Jimmy Thompson

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Indexer 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 Seven Hills of Rome! (Table of Contents: 12)

A Special Spy Thriller / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Carmine Infantino ?

Inks

Howard Sherman ?

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon ?

Genre

spy

Indexer Notes

Originally scheduled for Danger Trail #6, which was never published. Art credits by Craig Delich.

Amazing Creatures of the Amazon (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Buzzy Says "Start the Day Off Right!" (Table of Contents: 14)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

The Man Who Wanted to Die with Batman! (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures); Lew Sayre Schwartz

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; "Grey Mike" Riggs; Tom Beckett; Mayor Sheppard

Synopsis

A dying man vows to take Batman with him, because Batman sent his father to the electric chair.

Reprints

• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #870 (16 de mayo de 1977)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #9 ([August] 2021)

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

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Littleton Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Artistic Card Co., Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)