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Cover: Dick Sprang & Jack Burnley

World's Finest Comics #19

Oct 1945 · DC · 0.15 USD
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“The Battle of the Zodiac!”

In "The Battle of the Zodiac!", the Joker, fresh from a prison break, hatches a devious scheme to amass wealth by manipulating a reformed criminal into robbing the rich—while secretly aiming to seize control of a crime reform committee and its funds. With art by Bob Kane and inks by Ray Burnley, this 1945 World's Finest Comics standout features a twisty plot from writer Joe Samachson, all wrapped in a dynamic cover by Dick Sprang and Jack Burnley.

writer Joe Samachson · artist Bob Kane · inker Ray Burnley · letterer Ira Schnapp · cover Dick Sprang, Jack Burnley

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artist Bob Kane
letterer Ira Schnapp
cover pencils, inks Dick Sprang
cover pencils, inks Jack Burnley

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The Joker, after escaping from prison, decides on a new plan of gaining riches: to use a "reformed" criminal to pave the way to loot the homes of the rich and gain control of a crime reform committee and its funds.

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