
WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #53
“The City That Was For Sale / The Master of 1000 Duels / The Private Life of Commissioner Gordon”
August 1951
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).




