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World's Finest Comics #47 cover
Cover: Win Mortimer

World's Finest Comics #47

Aug 1950 · DC · 0.15 USD
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In "The Girl Who Hated Reporters!", Batman and Robin infiltrate a mysterious flight packed with enigmatic passengers, each hiding a personal motive for the journey. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Bob Kane with art by Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Sy Barry, and letters by Ira Schnapp, this 1950 DC classic features a tense, high-stakes mystery unfolding mid-air. The cover by Win Mortimer captures the intrigue with a striking, dynamic scene.

Contains 10 stories
The Girl Who Hated Reporters!
12 pp · Superhero
Lois Lane

In a flashback from *World's Finest Comics* #47, a young Lois Lane takes her first steps toward becoming a reporter, working a lunch counter before landing a job at the Daily Planet—just after Clark Kent. The story offers a glimpse of her early days, showing her determination and sharp wit, even as it quietly diverges from earlier tales.

Untitled Humor story
0.75 pp · Humor
Destination-- Boothill!
10 pp · Western-Frontier
The Case of the Innocent Crooks!
10 pp · Superhero
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Shanghai Sheba's Revenge!
10 pp · Adventure
Magic in Reverse
6 pp · Adventure
Zatara
Untitled Humor story
0.75 pp · Humor
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor
Crime Above the Clouds!
12 pp · Superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]Robin [Dick Grayson]SpelvinRogers (big-game hunter)Mr. Michaelsunnamed stewardessEd Coombs (pilot)Mary Whalen (stewardess impersonator)Eddie (stowaway hijacker)unnamed passengersAce Radko (mobster)unnamed banditsunnamed radio listenersunnamed editor

In "Crime Above the Clouds!" from World's Finest Comics #47 (1950), Batman and Robin infiltrate a flight packed with suspicious passengers, each hiding a secret motive for traveling to an unknown destination. With a big-game hunter, a mobster, a pilot with a past, and a stewardess who may not be who she claims, the skies become a high-stakes stage for deception and danger.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $51
CGC 9.2 · 2 in census $2,432
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $1,178*
CGC 8.0 · 3 in census $913
CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $742*
CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $659
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CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $517*
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $494
CGC 5.5 · 5 in census $376*
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $357*
CGC 4.5 · 2 in census $305*
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $265*
CGC 3.5 · 3 in census $206
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $206*
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $128
CGC 1.5 none in existence
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $73*
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Full credits

artist Bob Kane
inker Sy Barry
letterer Ira Schnapp
cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

Reprints

↩ Reprints Detective Comics #117 (1946)

Reprinted in A Date with Judy #49 (1955), Action Comics #210 (1955), Superboy #25 (1961), Supercomic #7 (1968), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2019), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2023), Stålmannen #20/1950

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