World's Finest Comics #53
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- August-September 1951
- Page count
- 76
- Cover price
- 0.15 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/9053
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor)
Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Robin; Superman; Batman
Credits
- Art
- Win Mortimer
Reprint history
1Credits
- Art
- ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Perry White; Lois Lane; Superman
Credits
- Script
- Alvin Schwartz ?
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
Synopsis
An encounter with an unknown black planet destroys Superman's fine motor control.
Notes
Proto-Red K story. Writer credit by Bob Hughes.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Popsicle
4"Boy - This new suit cost me seventy dollars!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Casey the Cop
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
5Featuring
- Feature
- Vitalis Hair Cream
6
7Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Bill Schreiber
8"Step right up, folks..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
- Genre
- Children
Credits
- Art
- Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
9"Life Time Fountain Pens"
Featuring
- Feature
- Peg
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
Reprint history
10
11Featuring
- Feature
- Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
- Genre
- Adventure
12Credits
- Letters
- typeset
13Credits
- Letters
- typeset
14Featuring
- Feature
- The Wyoming Kid
- Genre
- Western-frontier
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Art
- Howard Sherman
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
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/).
15Featuring
- Feature
- Tomahawk; Star Spangled Comics
16"How did the custom of shaking hands originate?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Quick Quiz
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Script
- H. T. Elmo
- Art
- H. T. Elmo
17Featuring
- Feature
- Nestlé's Crunch
18Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia
Notes
Inventory originally scheduled for Danger Trail #6. This story is not part of a continuing feature.
19"Can I see you a minute, Vic?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Varsity Vic
- Genre
- Humor; teen
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
20Featuring
- Feature
- Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
21"Professor Eureka, here is our new telescope!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Professor Eureka
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
22Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Author
- B. Fairbanks
- Letters
- typeset
23Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Tony Gordon (Introduction)
Credits
- Script
- David Vern
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Charles Paris
Synopsis
Flashback of the life of Jim Gordon.
Notes
The story gives the date of James Gordon's birth as January 5, 1900.
24Featuring
- Feature
- Peter Porkchops
- Genre
- Advocacy; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Otto Feuer
Notes
Inside back cover.
25Featuring
- Feature
- Wheaties
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.