The first issue of World's Finest was actually World's BEST, but comics historians believe DC might have gotten a cease and desist letter from Better Publications who had been publishing Best Comics (which is it, Better or Best? Make up your minds!) since 1939. World's Finest Comics could still take its cue from the New York World's Fair Comics special issues, in name and approach, throwing various stars from other books into the same package. It meant more Superman and Batman (National's two biggest stars) along with lesser lights like Zatara, the Crimson Avenger, Johnny Thunder, and others. Lando, Man of Magic, carries over from World's Best #1 as the title's one new superheroic creation.
It would still be a while before Superman and Batman started acting as a dynamic duo (other than on the covers), something that would have to wait for the page count to dwindle. Issue #71 (May 1954) would introduce the new format.
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