I'll call the boys to rub 'em out! It's a pay phone! I'll need five cents! No... pennies, they're no good to me... No good at all! It's a pay phone! I need a single nickle to be able to dial! BETRAYED by PENNIES!
World's Finest #30 is an issue of the series World's Finest (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1947.
Synopsis for Superman: "Sheriff Clark Kent"
Appearing in Superman: "Sheriff Clark Kent"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Lois Lane
- Roaring Pete
Antagonists:
- Catawampus Jones
Synopsis for Green Arrow: "Crime Goes to Press!"
Appearing in Green Arrow: "Crime Goes to Press!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Deadline Dugan/Velvet Hand
- Joe
Other Characters:
- Casey
- Tommy
Locations:
Items:
- Sinbad Necklace
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Zatara: "The Timid Terror"
Appearing in Zatara: "The Timid Terror"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Tasker Trout
Antagonists:
- Edgar Trout
Other Characters:
- Carson
Locations:
- Mozambique (Mentioned only)
Synopsis for Boy Commandos: "The Black Gold of Red Valley!"
Appearing in Boy Commandos: "The Black Gold of Red Valley!"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for Johnny Everyman: "Havoc On Wheels"
Appearing in Johnny Everyman: "Havoc On Wheels"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for Batman: "The Penny Plunderers!"
Joe Coyne is a man of modest beginnings. He earns pennies peddling newspapers. He's later fired from his job for pitching pennies in the office and begins a career in crime. He fumbles his first heist by robbing a cash register stuffed with pennies. He then learns to embrace the symbol of his failure, and carves out a corner of the underworld by specializing in penny-themed crimes.
Batman eventually defeats him at the Penny Arcade, taking him to prison where he is sentenced to death.
Appearing in Batman: "The Penny Plunderers!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Penny Plunderer (First appearance)
- Skinny (Single appearance; dies)
- Mike (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Gotham City Police Department
- J.J. Withers (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Gotham City
- Wayne Manor
- Gotham Bank
- Penny Arcade on Elm Avenue
Items:
- Giant Penny (First appearance)
- Gotham Gazette
- Utility Belt
Vehicles:
Notes
- "Sheriff Clark Kent" is reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives, Volume 2.
- "The Penny Plunderers!" is reprinted in Batman #256, 'Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives Vol. 2', and Batman: Secrets of the Batcave.
- The Penny Plunderers is also the first appearance and origin story of the Giant Penny, which Batman keeps as part of the memorabilia on the Batcave.
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