(September-October 1956)
DC,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1956-07-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Super-Mystery of Metropolis!
Superman and Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lois Lane; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]
- Reprints
-
in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 ([May] 1999) - in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([December] 2007)
- in Batman and Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([May] 2016)
- in Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([May] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Per Gene Reed, Jack Schiff once remarked that he sometimes used Sprang's splash page for the cover and then used the original cover for the splash or had another splash drawn, and suggested that that appears to be the case here. Based on that bit of information, Jim Van Dore suggests the Lois Lane figure was added by Curt Swan when the cover and splash were swapped in this case. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).
Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!
Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Super-Mystery of Metropolis!
Superman and Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (splash); Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Pat Gordon
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Lois Lane; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superboy [Clark Kent / Kal-El] (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Martha Wayne (flashback); Thomas Wayne (flashback); Perry White; Thad Linnis
- Synopsis
- Superman believes that Thad Linnis knows his secret identity, so when Thad demands he leave Metropolis, Superman does. Superman reveals to Batman and Robin a tale of his youth in Smallville, and discovers that the young boy that he thinks may have discovered his identity was actually a young Bruce Wayne.
- Reprints
- in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #170 (October 1967) which is reprinted
-
in Superman and Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1968 ? series) #3 ([November 1968]) -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #1/1968 (13. Januar 1968) -
in Superman et Batman (Interpresse; Sagédition, 1967 series) #6 (février 1968) - in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 ([May] 1999)
- in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([December] 2007)
- in Batman and Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([May] 2016)
- in Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([May] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
1st meeting of Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent in Smallville.
Mike Was a Rolling Menace Until...
U. S. Royals / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
DeLuxe Photo Service / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
Here Are the Prizes in the Giant Slogan Contest
promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages
Indexer Notes
Contest rules and prizes for submitting a new slogan for DC Comics.
The Mystery of 1,000 Masks
Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Green Arrow wears a red hat. Arrow Cave called Secret Lair.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Super-Mystery of Metropolis!
Superman and Batman and Robin -
1.
Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!
Wilson Chemical Co. -
2.
The Super-Mystery of Metropolis!
Superman and Batman and Robin -
3.
Mike Was a Rolling Menace Until...
U. S. Royals -
4.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Co. -
5.
[no title indexed]
DeLuxe Photo Service -
6.
Here Are the Prizes in the Giant Slogan Contest
-
7.
The Mystery of 1,000 Masks
Green Arrow -
8.
[no title indexed]
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
9.
The Big Dance
-
10.
[no title indexed]
Roadmaster -
11.
The Frontier Braggart
Tomahawk -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
[no title indexed]
Cheerful Card Company -
14.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute -
15.
[no title indexed]
Nutty Putty
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
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