Comic Title: World's Finest Comics #32
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jan/Feb 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: November 28, 1947 Copyright Date November 26, 1947
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1948
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 72
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Bandits and the Books"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Zatara (of Earth-2)

Writer: Joe Samachson
Artist: William F. White

Feature Character(s)

• Zatara (last appearance in Action Comics #116; next appearance in Action Comics #117)

Villain(s)

• Spats and two henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Three young boys (no further appearances)
• Several pirate, arabs, Jack, and a giant (all magically brought to life from books; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Zatara spots two suspicious men planning a book store robbery. Their third partner tries to kill Zatara, but the mage uses his powers to animate several fictional characters to battle the crooks. The bandits surrender after an attack by the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk. Zatara then returns the characters to their rightful places in the books.