World's Finest Vol 1 66

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Superman: "Superman, Ex-Crimebuster!"
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World's Finest Vol 1 #66
September, 1953
Executive Editor	Whitney Ellsworth
Cover Artists	Win Mortimer
Superman: "Superman, Ex-Crimebuster!"
Pencilers	Wayne Boring
Inkers	Stan Kaye
Editors	Whitney Ellsworth Jack Schiff
Green Arrow: "Green Arrow Joins the Foreign Legion!"
Pencilers	George Papp
Inkers	George Papp
The Australian Code Mystery
Writers	David Vern Reed
Pencilers	Alex Toth
Inkers	Seymour Barry
Tomahawk: "Yankee Doodle Fleet!"
Pencilers	Fred Ray
Inkers	Fred Ray
Batman: "The Proving Ground for Crime!"
Writers	Bill Finger
Pencilers	Dick Sprang
Inkers	Charles Paris
Previous Issue	World's Finest # 65
Next Issue	World's Finest # 67

I guess this will show you, Clark Kent! Imagine... doubting Superman! You should be ashamed of yourself!

— Lois Lane

World's Finest #66 is an issue of the series World's Finest (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1953.

Appearing in Superman: "Superman, Ex-Crimebuster!"

Featured Characters:

• Superman (Impersonates Harry "King" Saphire)

Supporting Characters:

• Lois Lane
• Perry White

Antagonists:

• Harry "King" Saphire (First appearance)
  • Haans
  • Tiptoe

Other Characters:

• 
  

Locations:

• Metropolis
  • Daily Planet
  • Metropolis Bank

Items:

• 
  

Vehicles:

• 
  
  

Appearing in Green Arrow: "Green Arrow Joins the Foreign Legion!"

Featured Characters:

• Green Arrow (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Foreign Legion (Flashback only)
  • Basil Cromwell
  • Hans
  • Nick
  • Pedro
  • Pierre
  • Tony
• Speedy (Flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

• Pirates (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

• Scotland Yard

Locations:

• United States of America
• Sahara Desert (Flashback only)
  • Hawkeye Hill

Items:

• Trick Arrows

Vehicles:

• Arrowcar
  

Appearing in "The Australian Code Mystery"

Featured Characters:

• Captain Dexter

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Antagonists:

• Mr. Griffin (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Sergeant Saunders (Single appearance)
• Colonel Ormsby (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Australia
  • Darwin

Items:

• Encoded Rocket

Vehicles:

• An Army Jeep
• Motorcycle
• A Scout Aircraft
  

Appearing in Tomahawk: "Yankee Doodle Fleet!"

Featured Characters:

• Tomahawk

Supporting Characters:

• Dan Hunter

Antagonists:

• 
  

Other Characters:

• 
  

Locations:

• American Wilderness Frontier
  

Synopsis for Batman: "The Proving Ground for Crime!"

When a criminal is diagnosed with some rare heart illness, he decides to use some people who suffer from the same ailment as guinea pigs to test the limits to which he can allow himself to go. Bruce Wayne is kidnapped by accident to be among the criminals testing subjects, but he manages to escape. As Batman, he manages to save the other people who were captured and during the final chase, the criminal's heart gives in and dies immediately.

Appearing in Batman: "The Proving Ground for Crime!"

Featured Characters:

• Batman

Supporting Characters:

• Robin

Antagonists:

• Brass Hadley (Single appearance; dies)
  • Smoky (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Dr. John V. Dillon (Single appearance)
• Jack Vaughn (Single appearance)
• Mr. Fields (Single appearance)
• Johnson (Single appearance)
• Mrs. Vaughn

Locations:

• Gotham City
  • Batcave
  • Japanese Museum

Items:

• Utility Belt

Vehicles:

• Batplane

Notes

• "The Australian Code Mystery" was originally prepared for Danger Trail.
• "The Australian Code Mystery" was reprinted in Detective Comics #414.

Trivia

In this issue it is revealed Bruce Wayne lives at 37 Gotham Blvd.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the World's Finest series
• Images from World's Finest Vol 1 66

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