<i>World's Finest Comics</i> No. 7
date: label: date made
content: 1942
name: label: maker
content: D. C. Comics, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: DC Comics published <i>World’s Finest Comics</i> issue No. 7 in the fall of 1942. Jack Burnley illustrated the yellow cover that depicts Superman, Robin, and Batman each straddling the barrel of a battleship’s cannon. This issue’s stories feature Superman in "The Eight Doomed Men!," Zatara in "The Case of the Walking Dynamo!," Drafty in "Bring in Baby," The Sandman and Sandy in "A Modern Arabian Nightmare," The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy in "The Case of the Jinxed Skyscraper," Red, White and Blue in "The Phantom Voice," The Green Arrow in "Wings of Flame," Lando in "The Vanishing V-Men!," and Batman and Robin in "The North Pole Crimes!"
label: Description
content: Originally titled <i>World’s Best Comics</i> in its inaugural issue, DC Comics published <i>World’s Finest Comics</i> from 1941 until 1986. Each issue originally featured separate stories for Batman and Superman, but from issue 71 until issue 197 they appeared together in the same story. Over the years a cavalcade of DC heroes appeared in the book, including Robin, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Green Arrow, and the Vigilante.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Superman
label: Subject
content: Batman
label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: a gift from Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson- in honor of Peter Bozzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0086.102
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0086.102
label: accession number
content: 2013.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 10 in; 19.685 cm x 25.4 cm