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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #53

“The City That Was For Sale / The Master of 1000 Duels / The Private Life of Commissioner Gordon”

August 1951

KEYEarliest catalogued appearance of Barbara Kean.
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Gotham City Police DepartmentDaily Planet

The City That Was For Sale: (Superman) Lois is doing a story on dying towns so she goes to Readville and talks to a banker named Toomey, telling him that Superman will come to fix the soil and help improve the town and the Daily Planet will put up a $100,000 bond insuring this so he should get things started. instead, he doesn't tell anyone in town about Superman coming and buys options on a bunch more land so if Superman fixes it up he can buy it at the old price, and if he doesn't the Planet must pay the $100,000.Casey the Cop: (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)The Master of 1000 Duels: (Green Arrow) After a man named Peter Orway fails his test to get into the Arms Master Club he somehow starts killing the members with the weapons they are masters of.Captain Tootsie: (Tootsie Roll add)Peg: (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)The Battle of the Beasts: (Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor)Valley of Dusty Death: (Wyoming Kid)Quick Quiz: (4 panels of questions and answers)Passage to Peru: (Danger Trail)Varisty Vic: (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)Professor Eureka: (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)Stages Through The Ages: (full-text article)The Private Life of Commissioner Gordon: (Batman) a man Gordon put in prison when he was a rooky who has never stopped saying he would kill Gordon escapes from prison so Batman pretends to be Gordon to protect him.Sweet Land of Liberty: (public service message by Peter Porkchops) — Description from Comic Vine community (comicvine.gamespot.com).

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CHARACTER APPEARANCES

Anthony Gordon

1st APP
Batman

Batman

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Dick Grayson

Dick Grayson

appearance
Green Arrow

Green Arrow

appearance

James Gordon

appearance

Lois Lane

appearance

Perry White

appearance

Pig Iron

appearance

Roy Harper

appearance
Superman

Superman

appearance

The Wyoming Kid

appearance

Tom Sparks

appearance

Barbara Kean

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