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New York World's Fair Comics#[2]
Cover: Jack Burnley

New York World's Fair Comics #[2]

Aug 1940 · DC · 0.15 USD
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"Superman at the 1940 World's Fair" brings the Man of Steel to the bustling spectacle of the New York World's Fair in a thrilling adventure written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Bob Kane, with inks by Kane and George Roussos. Cover by Jack Burnley captures the era’s grandeur, setting the stage for a mystery that unfolds as Superman steps into the spotlight.

Contains 12 stories
Superman at the 1940 World's Fair
10 pp · Superhero
Blackie Sarto (villain)
The War Games
8 pp · Adventure
T. R. Tapley (President of Tapley Meat Company)Mr. Crabbe (villain, President of rival meat company)Guile (villain)Savage (villain)
Hanko the Cowhand at the World's Fair
4 pp · Humor
HankoDaisy
Slam Bradley at the 1940 World's Fair
10 pp · Detective-Mystery
Miss Mason (Slam's secretary)Mike (Oceanic Hotel detective)Baron Severin (Ileana's uncle)Princess Ileanaunnamed Count (villain)Grinald (villain)Andrea Rohr (villain)
Zatara the Master Magician at the World's Fair
10 pp · Adventure
Buster Crabbe (swimmer, cameo)Slippery Jed (villain)
Hour-Man at the World's Fair
6 pp · Superhero
Mr. BannermanGerald RochesterRose Rochesterunnamed kidnappers (villains)
At the World's Fair with Jim and Jane
8 pp · Non-Fiction
Uncle GeorgeJimJane
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Sam
The Sandman Goes to the World's Fair
10 pp · Superhero
D.A. BelmontAunt AgathaBlackie Saunders (villain, cameo)"Slugger" Slade (villain)Butch (villain)unnamed butler (villain)
Johnny Thunderbolt at the World's Fair
6 pp · Superhero
unnamed pickpocket (villain)
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor
Ginger's motherMr. Krausmeyer
Batman and Robin Visit the 1940 New York World's Fair
13 pp · Superhero
Mr. Travers (President of Travers Engineers)Ann (Vreekill's niece)Dr. Hugo Vreekill (villain, introduction, death)Joey (villain)Limpy (villain)

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Cast · 24 characters

Full credits

artist, inker Bob Kane
cover pencils, inks Jack Burnley

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Reprinted in Action Comics #28 (1940), Detective Comics #43 (1940), Action Comics #29 (1940), Adventure Comics #55 (1940), Detective Comics #44 (1940), Adventure Comics #56 (1940), Detective Comics #45 (1940), Flashback #20 (1974), Batman & Me #[nn] (1989), Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2002), Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2004), Golden Age Sandman Archives #1 (2004), DC Comics Rarities Archives #1 (2005), Superman in the Forties #[nn] (2005), Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] (2006), The Batman Chronicles #2 (2006), The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2016), Batman: The Golden Age #1 (2016), Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)

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