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World's Finest Comics #42 (of 323)

The Alphabetic Animal Adventure!; The Unknown Adventure!; The Knights of the Square Table; On the Vengeance Trail!; The Sun-Born Mountain Man; The Varmint and the Wizard!; The Amazing Adventure of Batman and Marco Polo!
September 1st, 1949

World's Finest Comics #42 (of 323)

The Alphabetic Animal Adventure!; The Unknown Adventure!; The Knights of the Square Table; On the Vengeance Trail!; The Sun-Born Mountain Man; The Varmint and the Wizard!; The Amazing Adventure of Batman and Marco Polo!
September 1st, 1949

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42 (of 323)
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The Alphabetic Animal Adventure!; The Unknown Adventure!; The Knights of the Square Table; On the Vengeance Trail!; The Sun-Born Mountain Man; The Varmint and the Wizard!; The Amazing Adventure of Batman and Marco Polo!
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September 1st, 1949
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July 29th, 1949
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  1. "The Alphabetic Animal Adventure!": (Superman) when animals start floating into the sky it turns out aliens from Uranus (who are actually robots) are collecting specimens for an interplanetary zoo.
  2. Little Pete: (humor strip) Pete catches a small fish and takes a picture of it then has the picture enlarged and tells his friends "look at the picture of the big fish I caught".
  3. "The Unknown Adventure!": (Green Arrow) after a test flight of their new jet-powered arrow plane our avenging archers hear a radio broadcast telling them it is three days later than they think it is and realize their quivers are empty but they don't remember why.
  4. "The Knights of the Square Table": (Doc and Fatty)
  5. "On the Vengeance Trail": (The Wyoming Kid)
  6. "The Sun-Born Mountain Man":
  7. "The Varmint and the Wizard": (Zatara)
  8. "Cowhide in the Clouds": two page text story.
  9. "The Amazing Adventure of Batman and Marco Polo!": after a rocket made in 1275 China is fired off and shows Batman's face the dynamic duo has professor Nichols send them back thru time where they help Marco Polo.

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