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World's Best Comics#1
Cover: Fred Ray

World's Best Comics #1

Apr 1941 · DC · 0.15 USD
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In "Tong War in Chinatown!", Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster deliver a classic early Superman adventure where a criminal scientist wields the power to manipulate the weather for extortion, testing the Man of Steel’s limits in a tense showdown—complete with a daring use of paralysis gas. This 1941 issue, featuring the iconic art of Joe Shuster and the dynamic cover by Fred Ray, marks a standout moment in the character’s formative years.

Contains 13 stories
Untitled Superhero story
13 pp · Superhero
B. Drexel RutherfordRainmaker (villain, introduction, death)

In a 1941 tale of storm and shadow, the enigmatic Rainmaker emerges as a criminal scientist wielding the power to command the skies, threatening to bend the world to his will. When he turns his stormy might against the Man of Tomorrow, unleashing paralysis gas to halt the hero’s advance, only B. Drexel Rutherford stands a chance to stop the tempest before it consumes everything.

Untitled War story
8 pp · War
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor, Children
Untitled Superhero story
6 pp · Superhero
Untitled Humor story
6 pp · Humor, Superhero
Mr. DarlingMr. Katz
Tong War in Chinatown!
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Untitled Adventure story
9 pp · Adventure
The Menace (villain)
Untitled Humor story
4 pp · Humor
Drafty
Untitled Detective-Mystery story
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor, Children
Dinky
Untitled Detective-Mystery story
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Punch Parker
Untitled Superhero story
8 pp · Superhero
The Witch and the Manuscript of Doom!
13 pp · Superhero
Erik Dorne (introduction, death)Dorne's butlerJoshua Grimm (introduction, publisher)Melissa Brunt (introduction, Dorne's Aunt)Jane Ware (introduction, actress)The Witch [Mr. Wright] (villain, introduction)

In "The Witch and the Manuscript of Doom!", the Batman and Robin race against time to uncover the truth behind the murder of Erik Dorne and the disappearance of his dangerous manuscript, following a trail that leads through the shadowed halls of a haunted estate and the sinister presence of The Witch—posing as Mr. Wright. With Dorne's butler, publisher Joshua Grimm, aunt Melissa Brunt, and actress Jane Ware caught in the web of intrigue, the duo must untangle a mystery where every clue hides a new deception.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $1,281
CGC 8.0 · 3 in census $13,697*
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $10,458*
CGC 7.0 · 10 in census $10,228
CGC 6.5 · 6 in census $8,621
CGC 6.0 · 6 in census $6,349
CGC 5.5 · 4 in census $4,472
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CGC 5.0 · 14 in census $4,215
CGC 4.5 · 17 in census $3,796
CGC 4.0 · 21 in census $3,182
CGC 3.5 · 17 in census $2,497
CGC 3.0 · 12 in census $1,993
CGC 2.5 · 6 in census $1,993
CGC 2.0 · 3 in census $1,361
CGC 1.5 none in existence
CGC 1.0 · 1 in census $1,091*
CGC 0.5 · 6 in census $820
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Cast · 22 characters

Full credits

artist, inker Joe Shuster
cover pencils, inks Fred Ray

Reprints

Reprinted in World's Finest Comics #210 (1972), Batman #254 (1974), Batman Classics #56 (1974), Lynvingen #11/1974 (1974), Läderlappen #12/1974 (1974), Batman #972 (1979), The Superman Gallery #1 (1993), Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2002), Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 (2004), Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2004), Batman: Cover to Cover #[nn] (2005), The Batman Chronicles #3 (2007), The Superman Chronicles #5 (2008), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2016), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016), Batman: The Golden Age #2 (2017), Superman: The Golden Age #3 (2017)

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