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| World's Finest Comics 144, September 1964! |
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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 144, September 1964, was published on September 23, 1964. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by George Klein and lettered by Ira Schnapp. They were also the art team on the Superman/Batman story in this issue.
- (17:00) THE 1,001 TRICKS OF CLAYFACE AND BRAINIAC (17 pgs, [Part I was 9 pgs. long]), written by Edmond Hamilton.
- (26:19) THE HELPLESS PARTNERS
In this episode, we also highlight the ads and other features, including the CAPES AND COWLS COMMENTS letter column (48:44). This was the first issue of WORLD'S FINEST COMICS in which the letter column carried this title. It began by announcing the winner of the contest to name the title's letter column, who won a five year subscription to WORLD'S FINEST COMICS.
We finish our look at the Superman comic books cover dated September 1964 with: PART IV: ACTION COMICS 316!
Then we will feature: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED OCTOBER 1964: PART I: SUPERMAN 172, PART II: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 52, PART III: ACTION COMICS 317 & PART IV: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 80!
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I remember reading this issue when I was a boy, and being absolutely amazed that Batman would reveal his secret identity (and Robin's) to anyone! He didn't even let Commissioner Gordon know his secret! Now, he revealed it to Jimmy Olsen, of all people?! Even Superman, who knows Jimmy better than Batman does, didn't reveal his identity to him. After a little while, though, it made some sense. After all, who would expect Jimmy to know Batman's secret identity? Criminals might expect him to know Superman's identity, but he doesn't, so he can't reveal that. Criminals might expect Commissioner Gordon to know Batman's identity, but he doesn't, so he can't reveal it.
ReplyDeleteAs I recall, there are some adventures later on in the Silver and Bronze Ages in which Jimmy's knowledge of Batman and Robin's identities does come into play, so it's fun to remember where that started.
I must also say, because they make an appearance in this story, that I LOVE the Whirly-Bats! I don't remember if there was ever a toy Whirly-Bat on the market when I was a kid, but I certainly never saw one. I'd have loved playing with that.
I was surprised by both Batman's revelation and the fact that the Whirly Bats are this old. I first remember seeing them in a Batman story from the early 1970's.
DeleteOh, Whirly-Bats go back to the late 1950s, the first one appearing in Detective Comics #257, cover-dated July, 1958. (I'm old.)
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