World's Finest Comics, #8

Published: Winter 1942

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Issue Contents:
Sink the Japanazis with Bonds & Stamps
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Art credits verified by Burnley.

Talent, Unlimited!

Story Featuring Superman

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Clark Kent is given the assignment by Editor White to find a missing heiress, but along the way manages to help five other people realize their dreams...as the Man of Steel!

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Called "The Road to Glory" in the table of contents.

Tanks for the Memory!

Story Featuring Drafty

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Drafty and Tim are put on K.P. duty, but manage to break everything in sight, so they are assigned to anti-tank detail instead.

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The Magic Lantern
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A couple of crooks watch Zatara perform magic with an ancient lamp, so they steal it, hoping to use its magic to commit crimes.

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Story Featuring Private Pete

"Say, Sarge - I've got a swell idea for camouflage!"

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Pete's idea for a new form of camouflage literally leaves him "in a tree"!

Stripesy, Solo Sleuth, Inc.!

Story Featuring The Star-Spangled Kid

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Having had a petty quarrel with Sylvester, Stripesy decides to go into the detective business himself...with disastrous results!

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The Luck of the Lepparts

Story Featuring The Boy Commandos

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The last living Leppart is haunted by his ancestors' curse: to die by one of the four elements.

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Kirby pencils and Simon and possible Kirby inks per Nick Caputo. Craig Delich credited Simon on pencils and Kirby on inks. Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn.

The Unluckiest Man in the World!

Story Featuring Green Arrow

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James Luckless has had bad luck all of his life, so now he decides to use people's lucky symbols against them and for himself!

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Art identification by Craig Delich.

The Minute Man Answers the Call
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Throughout history, American men have been ready and willing at a moment's notice to stand and fight for this nation's freedom...a call now being accepted by a new generation of "minute men"! The story of how the Minuteman -- the citizen-soldier -- helped win the American Revolution, their spirit has watched over America's other battles against tyranny, and how that spirit lives on in 1943.

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War bond promo; appears as a pamphlet for the Junior JSA membership kit and in several DC comics in late '42/early '43: Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #11 (November 1942) All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #6 (September-October 1942) Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #6 (Fall 1942) Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #3 (Summer 1943) World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

A Double for Trouble
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While riding the subway, the King decides to make himself up like a passenger he sees sleeping in a seat. Unknown to him, that man is a reporter who has belittled "The Chicken," whom he suspects in involved with the Nazis!

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Art identification by Craig Delich.

Brothers in Law!
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The untimely death of their father leads the O'Brien brothers to attempt to get even with his killer, while working at odds against one another.

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Art and letterer credits by Craig Delich, verified by Burnley.

Smoked Out
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Little Saro has been chastised repeatedly about playing with matches, as he was too young to do so, yet it was that very thing that helped save himself and others from the Japanese.

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Man's Dog
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Vasil has traveled through the snow and the cold with secret plans in his possession only to be uncovered as a spy by a Russian peasant.

The Commandos Are Here!
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Back cover. With cover pictured and stories listed for Boy Commandos #1, on sale November 11, 1942.

Don't Miss Your Favorites!
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Illustrated promotional ad, with covers, for All-Star #14, All-Flash #7, Batman #14, Superman #20, Mutt and Jeff #6, Green Lantern #5 and Leading Comics #4.

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Illustrated ad with covers and original art (possibly by Stan Kaye) for More Fun Comics #87 and Adventure Comics #82.

The Big Eight!
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Illustrated promotional ad, with covers, of More Fun Comics #86, All-American Comics #45, Flash Comics #36, Sensation Comics #12, Detective Comics #70, Action Comics #55, Adventure Comics #81 and Star Spangled Comics #15.

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Lists the main features with short synopses.

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Art credits from Craig Delich.

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Inside front cover.

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Illustrated ad with cover for Wonder Woman #2.

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Inside back cover.