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Cover: Jack Burnley & Charles Paris

World's Finest Comics #17

Apr 1945 · DC · 0.15 USD
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Contains 9 stories
The Great Godini!
12 pp · Superhero
Superman [Clark Kent]Lois LaneEasy Pickens (introduction)Alphonse Swing (villain, theatrical booking agent)"Three Finger" Jack Schack (villain)Sappy (villain)Gunner (villain)

In "The Great Godini!", Superman takes on the role of mentor to Easy Pickens, a reformed burglar given a fresh start as a stage performer. But when Easy’s theatrical manager, Alphonse Swing, and his crooked crew—Three Finger Jack Schack, Sappy, and Gunner—plot to pull off a major crime and frame Easy, Superman must protect the man’s new reputation while uncovering the truth behind the scheme.

The Case of the Curious Crimes
10 pp · Superhero
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]Speedy [Roy Harper]
The Thieves Nobody Saw!
8 pp · Superhero
Zatara
Secret Weapon X-29!
11 pp · Adventure, War
Boy Commandos [Captain Rip CarterBrooklyn [Dan Turpin]Alfie TwidgettAndre ChavardJan Haasan]
The Clown of Crime!
9 pp · Superhero
Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
Untitled Humor story
0.67 pp · Humor
Untitled Adventure story
8 pp · Adventure
Johnny Everyman
George Eastman
1 pp · Non-Fiction
George Eastman
Crime Goes to College!
13 pp · Superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]Robin [Dick Grayson]Bernie (flashback)Dean Carter (college Dean, flashback)Archibald Wormser (introduction)Dr. Dreemo [Darby Deems] (villain, introduction)Dreemo's thugs [Blinkyrest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)Mortimer Mears (villain, introduction)

Batman and Robin investigate a mysterious college campus where a man named Archibald Wormser, a seemingly harmless professor, is secretly using a device to manipulate dreams—turning the subconscious into a profitable scheme. As the duo uncovers a web of deception involving a mad scientist, a trio of crooked thugs, and a college dean with a hidden past, they must outwit a villain who thrives in the mind’s eye.

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Raw (Good) $173
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $7,526*
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $4,815*
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $3,090*
CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $1,597
CGC 8.5 · 3 in census $1,597
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $1,305
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CGC 7.5 · 8 in census $997
CGC 7.0 · 9 in census $783
CGC 6.5 · 5 in census $552
CGC 6.0 · 6 in census $552*
CGC 5.5 · 4 in census $478*
CGC 5.0 · 9 in census $430
CGC 4.5 · 2 in census $388*
CGC 4.0 · 9 in census $337*
CGC 3.5 · 8 in census $310
CGC 3.0 · 6 in census $266*
CGC 2.5 · 2 in census $211
CGC 2.0 · 3 in census $210
CGC 1.5 · 2 in census $141*
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $92*
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Cast · 2 characters

Full credits

artist, inker Joe Shuster
cover pencils Jack Burnley
cover inks Charles Paris

Reprints

Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 (2004), Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 (2009), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4 (2017), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4 (2018), Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2018)

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