World's Finest Comics #53 (of 323)
The City That Was For Sale / The Master of 1000 Duels / The Private Life of Commissioner Gordon
August 1st, 1951
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53
(of 323)
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The City That Was For Sale / The Master of 1000 Duels / The Private Life of Commissioner Gordon
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August 1st, 1951
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Unknown
- The City That Was For Sale: (Superman) Lois is doing a story on dying towns so she goes to Readville and talks to a banker named Toomey, telling him that Superman will come to fix the soil and help improve the town and the Daily Planet will put up a $100,000 bond insuring this so he should get things started. instead, he doesn't tell anyone in town about Superman coming and buys options on a bunch more land so if Superman fixes it up he can buy it at the old price, and if he doesn't the Planet must pay the $100,000.
- Casey the Cop: (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)
- The Master of 1000 Duels: (Green Arrow) After a man named Peter Orway fails his test to get into the Arms Master Club he somehow starts killing the members with the weapons they are masters of.
- Captain Tootsie: (Tootsie Roll add)
- Peg: (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)
- The Battle of the Beasts: (Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor)
- Valley of Dusty Death: (Wyoming Kid)
- Quick Quiz: (4 panels of questions and answers)
- Passage to Peru: (Danger Trail)
- Varisty Vic: (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)
- Professor Eureka: (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)
- Stages Through The Ages: (full-text article)
- The Private Life of Commissioner Gordon: (Batman) a man Gordon put in prison when he was a rooky who has never stopped saying he would kill Gordon escapes from prison so Batman pretends to be Gordon to protect him.
- Sweet Land of Liberty: (public service message by Peter Porkchops)
