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"The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery": Superman, Batman and Robin are leaving the annual police ball in Gotham City one night when they spot a man in a Humpty Dumpty costume who is gasping for air, and warnin

World's Finest #83 is an issue of the series World's Finest (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1956.

Synopsis for "The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery"

Superman, Batman and Robin are leaving the annual police ball in Gotham City one night when they spot a man in a Humpty Dumpty costume who is gasping for air, and warning them of the danger of Mother Goose. Coming to the mans rescue, they find that they are near Dr. King's medical office and take the man there. When it seems like too long to wait, the three crime fighters burst into the doctors office to find everyone gone and a note tacked on the wall. The note is from some mystery person who is challenging the three great detectives to solve this nursery rhyme mystery and tells them their next clue is to investigate London's Bridge.

Recalling that there is a mock up of London Bridge at the nearby architects exhibit, they arrive just to see what appears to be a man in peril as the bridge begins to break. However, they find that the man is just a human shaped balloon and the bridge made out of balsa wood. More confused than ever, they find yet another clue telling them to investigate Hickory Dickery Dock.

When they go to Hickory Dock, they find a man who appears to be reaching for a gun. When Batman rushes him, he finds out that he wasn't trying to shoot them, but deliver them a note telling them that he is to guide them up a clock tower. There, Batman, Superman and Robin find a mock up of Mother Goose. When they attempt to get the note pinned on her, a cage falls on them and Mousey makes a break for it. Superman finds that the cage is really made out of paper mache, and the note tells them to seek out the "cat and the fiddle".

Mousey returns to the office of Adventure Inc, a company that comes up with fantasies for people to play out and that this whole exercise is to come up with a useful script for the wealthy McKenna brothers, whom are hoping to masquerade as Batman, Robin and Superman to pretend what it's like to live as the heroes. However, Mousey (really a thug named Jones) works for crook named Moley and figures the next clue will be a big pay out. They go to the Cat and the Fiddle night club where they hope to rob its patrons of all their valuables while what he believes to be the McKenna brothers dressed up as the three super-heroes are trying to solve their next clue. Jones and Moley are in for a shock when they realize to their horror that they are dealing with the real Batman, Robin and Superman as Meville (Adventure Inc's owner) and his staff witness the display.

After the Dynamic Duo and the Man of Steel capture Monley and Jones, they are taken back to Meville's office where everything is explained to them. As the three heroes leave, Meville and his staff have finalized their script for the McKenna's, it is based on the adventure that has just happened.

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  • Foots Moley (Single appearance)
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  • Melville (Single appearance)
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  • John (Single appearance)

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Synopsis for "The Error-Car"

Green Arrow and Speedy are given a new Arrowcar designed by a grateful scientist, whose many accessories prove to be a total botch during crime-fighting.

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Synopsis for "The Tribe Without a Chief"


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