New York World's Fair Comics #[1]

(1939)

[New York World's Fair Comics] (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

This title page cordially welcomes visitors to the Fair.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #12

Superman at the World's Fair (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Shuster ?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; the Chief [George Taylor?]; Nick Stone (villain)

Synopsis:

Lois and Clark are assigned to cover the Fair, but after Lois is kidnapped, Superman has to take over, both to rescue her from a wanted criminal and make sure the Fair is covered properly for the paper.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-20.

Fairs 1851-1939 (Table of Contents)

none / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

This page features Uncle Sam atop "the world" of the 1939 N.Y. World's Fair, and to the center of fifteen "worlds" depicting Fairs of the past.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Indexer Notes

The New York World's Fair covers 1,216,000 acres at a cost of $156,000,000 and expects 60,000,000 visitors.

From the Fair Corners (Table of Contents)

none / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Information is provided re the trylon and the perisphere.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Chuck Warren Goes to the New York World's Fair (Table of Contents)

Chuck Warren / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Hickey (signed)

Pencils:

Tom Hickey (signed)

Inks:

Tom Hickey (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Tom Hickey ?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Chuck Warren

Synopsis:

Chuck and his college teammates have earned the right to compete in the mile relay at the Fair, but they go through hair-raising adventures even before they arrive!

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2007-12-23.

Hanko Goes to the World's Fair 3000 Miles on Horseback (Table of Contents)

Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Creig Flessel [as Flessel] (signed)

Inks:

Creig Flessel [as Flessel] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Hanko

Synopsis:

Hanko is awarded a key to the city and $1000 cash for riding to the Fair all the way from San Francisco on horseback.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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History of the New York World's Fair 1939 (Table of Contents)

none / text article / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Creig Flessel [as CF] (signed) (spot illoes)

Inks:

Creig Flessel [as CF] (signed) (spot illos)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?, some typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

This article discusses how the theme and purpose of the Fair were conceived, how it was built and a brief explanation of each of the different expositions showcased at the Fair.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Would You Believe It (Table of Contents)

none / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Seven different facts are presented here, including: 1) snowstorms out of clear skies; 2) one million tulips and 100,000 pansies were planted on the Fair grounds; 3) if all the people visiting the Fair during the summer passed through one entrance, the turnstile would click three times every second, twenty-four hours a day; 4) there will be re-enactments of old-fashioned prizefights on Bowling Green at the Fair; 5) the Fair features the tallest murals in the world; 6) the two nautical pylons guarding the entrance to the Maritime building stand 30' higher than the bow of the ship "Normandie"; and 7) if the Fair has its expected 60 million visitors, it will be the largest conentration of people in so small an area in the history of the world.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Butch the Pup at the New York World's Fair (Table of Contents)

Butch the Pup / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Schwab (signed)

Pencils:

Fred Schwab (signed)

Inks:

Fred Schwab (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Fred Schwab

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Butch the Pup

Synopsis:

Butch is at the World's Fair and suffers through a series of mis-adventures looking for food.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 12007-12-23. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-20.

Cuffnotes from the Fair (Table of Contents)

none / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Eight different facts are mentioned, including: 1) the Fair has moving chairs that take people through a building so they don't have to walk; 2) over 10 miles of sanitary sewers, 20 miles of storm sewers, and 15 miles of water mains were laid at the Fair; 3) the "Railroad Exhibit" features the largest working miniature railroad in the world; 4) the Fair features a small plot of land devoted to the growing of wheat whose scientific cultivation will make it the most valuable wheat field for its size in the world; 5) if the 7 million cubic yards of material moved from grading the Fair grounds were concrete, it would be enough to pave a highway from New York to Daytona Beach (a 4-lane highway 1200 miles long); 6) paintings done at the Fair are destroyed every night and re-created the next day; 7) there are 17 miles of roads on the Fair grounds; and 8) the Fair has an architectural model of New York City a city block long and the Empire State Building appears 23' high.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Indexer Notes

The word "Fair" in the title is mis-spelled "Far" in the comic.

Ginger Snap at the New York World's Fair (Table of Contents)

Ginger Snap / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Kane (signed)

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Bob Kane (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Kane

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Ginger Snap; un-named Father

Synopsis:

Daddy takes Ginger to the Fair, much to his chagrin.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-20.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Ely (signed)

Pencils:

Bill Ely (signed)

Inks:

Bill Ely (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Scoop Scanlon; Rusty James (photographer); Bill Wesley; Jim; the Bat's Wing [Mr. Bronson](villain)

Synopsis:

Scoop must investigate and solve a threat made against a futuristic plane designer NOT to exhibit his new bomber plans at the Fair.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Wonders at the Fair (Table of Contents)

none / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Nine of the many different exhibits at the Fair are illustrated and discussed, including a Flash Gordon style rocketship that will take visitors to Mars, bobsledding in the summer, 80 different restaurants on the Fair grounds to feed visitors, and over 3000 miles of frankfurters will be sold during the Fair's run.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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A Day at the World's Fair With Jim and Jane (Table of Contents)

none / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Uncle George; Jim; Jane

Synopsis:

Uncle George takes Jim and Jane to many of the Fair's exhibits, giving them helpful information along the way.

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• in New York World's Fair Comics (DC, 1939 series) #[2] (1940)
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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004) [in this form]
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #20 [in this form]
• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004), #1 (December 2004)
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #12

Tidbits from the Fair (Table of Contents)

none / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

An illustrated, informational look at nine of the strange facts about exhibits at the Fair, including a fountain that sings, murals that change color as you look at them, an orange grove on the grounds that was transported from Florida, a village inhabited entirely by midgets, and a tremendous discharge of 10 million volts of electricity.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Slam Bradley at the World's Fair (Table of Contents)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Tony Spinelli (villain)

Synopsis:

After rounding up a gang of tough thugs, Slam is given a $1000 reward, so he decides that he and Shorty will visit the World's Fair as a part of a well-deserved vacation. Unfortunately for them, their vacation turns sour right away.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Indexer Notes

In the story, Shorty mentions that Slam lives in Cleveland, Ohio, the hometown of the writer/artist team on the strip.

Curiousities From the Fair (Table of Contents)

none / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Through text and illustration, eight more of the little known facts about the Fair are revealed, including the fact that the Fair has a separate telephone exchange with 8000 lines installed, that 8000 benches were placed on the grounds, the Rocketship Exhibit can take visitors to Venus, that 10,000 trees & 250,000 shrubs were planted on the Fair grounds, and more.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sandman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox [as Larry Dean] (signed)

Pencils:

Bert Christman

Inks:

Bert Christman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; George Henry (Secret Service agent); Mr. Evarts (villain, President of the Dodds-Bessing Steel Corporation); Boris Leland (villain)

Synopsis:

Wes and one of the executive officers at the Dodds-Bessing Steel Corporation are to meet several government agents at the Fair and turn over to them plans for a new raygun.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Indexer Notes

First Sandman story to appear in print (before Adventure #40).

Wonders at the Fair (Table of Contents)

none / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

J. H. Ozum

Synopsis:

Eight more fascinating facts about the Fair are revealed, to include the fact that the original Consitution of the United States will be on display, J. H. Ozum is driving his 1900 automobile to the Fair from California and the parking lots there will hold all of the registered cars in the State of New York, and the Fair features a parachute jumping ride for visitors.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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The World's Fair Exhibit (Table of Contents)

Zatara the Master Magician / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Fred Guardineer

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zatara; Tong; Elmer Gordon; Hu Song (villain); Rodgers (villain)

Synopsis:

Zatara and Tong are ordered to go to inner Mongolia to obtain a fabled jade necklace of the Princess Ti-Lo and get it to the Fair for exhibit.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Indexer Notes

Letterer by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Creig Flessel (signed)

Inks:

Creig Flessel (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Closing page to the Fair attendee, hoping that this comic would remind them of the great things they experienced, and hoping that it, in some small way, would help strengthen and promote peace and friendship among the nations of the world.

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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[New York World's Fair Comics] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Worth B. Carnahan

Inks:

Worth B. Carnahan

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Father Knickerbocker

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• in DC Comics Rarities Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
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Indexer Notes

Revised artist credit by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Previous credit given to Raymond Perry. Found on the back cover.