World's Finest Comics #70

(May-June 1954)

Binky Says: "Welcome Amigo!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

Bob Oksner

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Characters

Binky

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Two Faces of Superman! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #58 ([1955])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Quick Quiz / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Horace Elmo

Pencils

Horace Elmo

Inks

Horace Elmo

Colors

?

Letters

Horace Elmo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How does the light reflected by the Earth...

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Pete / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How was school today, Pete?

Genre

humor; children

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Racketeer's Revenge (Table of Contents: 7)

A Casebook Mystery / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Ely

Inks

Bill Ely

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon

Genre

detective-mystery

Reprints

• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #6 ([March 1957])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Scripto / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Joust of Jeopardy! (Table of Contents: 9)

Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]

Reprints

• in Batman (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #76 ([September 1956])

The Line of Stars Presents (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; The Adventures of Bob Hope / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Shorty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How much do you get a week?

Genre

humor

The Tale of a Cat! (Table of Contents: 12)

Jimminy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howie Post

Inks

Howie Post

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp (captions, see notes); Howie Post (word balloons, see notes)

Editing

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Jimminy

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/). Schnapp did not do the word balloons. The word balloons were probably done by the artist.

The Burning of Bonnville! (Table of Contents: 13)

Tomahawk / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Nick Cardy

Inks

Nick Cardy

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon

Genre

historical; western-frontier

Characters

Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]

Reprints

• in Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #138 (January-February 1972)
• in Tomahawk (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #6/1972 ([juni] 1972)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit per Craig Delich.

Three Exciting New Adventures (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Away from It All (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

The Line of Stars Presents (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

A Day in the Life of a Paratrooper (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

John Fischetti

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

non-fiction; military

Reprints

• from Real Fact Comics (DC, 1946 series) #21 (July-August 1949)

The Crime Consultant! (Table of Contents: 18)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger ?; Edmond Hamilton ?

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jay Varden (villain, introduction); Bud Parsons (villain, introduction); Mack Manchard (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Batman suspects Jay Varden of planning crimes for criminals, but has no evidence against him. So to get the captured criminals to testify against Varden, Batman conducts an elaborate scheme to convince the world that Batman's secret identity is...Jay Varden.

Reprints

• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #9 ([August] 2021)

Indexer Notes

Possible script credits per Craig Delich. Inks credit also per Delich; we formerly credited Charles Paris.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Littleton Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)