Flashback #38

(1976)

[Indicia] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Indicia at bottom of otherwise blank page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The World's Finest value...

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

Indexer Notes

Illustrated table of Contents, listing all the features and short condensed synopses.

Talent, Unlimited (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Sam Citron (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Mr. Carroll (Sally's father); Mulligan (detective); Mr. Tollivar (talent agency director); un-named talent agency secretary; Sally Carroll [aka Polly Hughes]; Peter Penn (artist); Reginald Poindexter (actor); E. J. Calkins (writer); Tom Chester (musician); Crakewski (musicial conductor)

Synopsis

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!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

Tanks for the Memory! (Table of Contents: 4)

Drafty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Kaye ?

Pencils

Stan Kaye (signed)

Inks

Stan Kaye (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Drafty; Tim; un-named Army General

Synopsis

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!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

The Magic Lantern (Table of Contents: 5)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Joe Sulman (signed)

Inks

Joe Sulman (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero; adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Zatara; Grubs (villain)

Synopsis

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

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

The Big Eight! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Stripesy, Solo Sleuth Inc.! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Harold Sherman (signed)

Inks

Harold Sherman (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; John Pemberton (Sylvester's father); Ambrose Klutch (villain); Brassy (villain); Mugger (villain)

Synopsis

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

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

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

Private Pete / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say Sarge-I've got a swell idea...

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Pvt. Pete; un-named Army Sergeant

Synopsis

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

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

Indexer Notes

Title from first line of dialogue.

The Luck of the Lepparts (Table of Contents: 9)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks

Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby ?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn [aka Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter; Jared Leppart (villain, death); Dr. Schwette (villain); Colonel Makada (villain); General Kioto (villain)

Synopsis

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

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

Man's Dog (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Tovarich Aronya; un-named Corporal; Vasil (villain)

Synopsis

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.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

The Unluckiest Man In The World! (Table of Contents: 11)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Cliff Young

Inks

Steve Brodie

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mr. O'Toole (butcher shop owner); James Luckless (villain, introduction, death); Slats (villain)

Synopsis

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!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

The Minuteman Answers the Call (Table of Contents: 12)

public service announcement / 4 pages (report information)

Script

M. C. Gaines (signed)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Shelly)

Letters

?

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Uncle Sam; General George Washington; General Charles Cornwallis

Synopsis

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"!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

Keywords

political

Smoked Out (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Noble Dade (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Characters

Carson; Saro; Conway; the Japanese (villains)

Synopsis

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.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

A Double for Trouble (Table of Contents: 15)

The King / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Joe Gallagher

Inks

Joe Gallagher

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

The King [King Standish]; Al Norton (newspaper reporter); The Chicken (villain); Slugger (villain)

Synopsis

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!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Craig Delich (August 2004).

Don't Miss Your Favorites! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

Brothers in Law! (Table of Contents: 17)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane); Ray Burnley (backgrounds)

Letters

Betty Bentley

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; John O'Brien (introduction, a G-Man, death); Tim O'Brien (introduction); Nick O'Brien (introduction); The Little Corporal [Little Nap Boyd] (villain, introduction); Slim (villain)

Synopsis

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.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

[Blank Page] (Table of Contents: 18)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover is blank.

[The Commandos Are Here!] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

The Boy Commandos / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)