World's Finest Comics #8

(Winter 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Synopsis

Lists the main features with short synopses.

Reprints

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Craig Delich.

Talent, Unlimited! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Sam Citron (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

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

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)
• in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([August] 2004)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #3 (2016 [February 2017])
• in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #5 ([June] 2020)

Keywords

Daily Planet

Indexer Notes

Called "The Road to Glory" in the table of contents.

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)

Colors

?

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

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)

The Magic Lantern (Table of Contents: 5)

Zatara the Master Magician / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Joe Sulman (signed)

Inks

Joe Sulman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

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

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)

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 / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Harold Sherman (signed)

Inks

Harold Sherman (signed)

Colors

?

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

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)

Keywords

Star-Rocket Racer

[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)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, Sarge - I've got a swell idea for camouflage!

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

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)

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 ?

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

The Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; 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

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)
• in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (2010 [January 2011])

Indexer Notes

Kirby pencils and Simon and possible Kirby inks per Nick Caputo. Craig Delich credited Simon on pencils and Kirby on inks. Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn.

Man's Dog (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Tovarich Aronya; unnamed 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

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)

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

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

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Cliff Young

Inks

Steve Brodie

Colors

?

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

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)
• in Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])

Keywords

Arrow-line; Arrowcar

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Craig Delich.

The Minute Man 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)

Colors

?

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"! The story of how the Minuteman -- the citizen-soldier -- helped win the American Revolution, their spirit has watched over America's other battles against tyranny, and how that spirit lives on in 1943.

Reprints

• in The Minuteman Answers the Call (Max C. Gaines, 1945 ? series) #[nn] ([1945])
• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)

Keywords

Concord; Lexington; Minutemen; The Alamo

Indexer Notes

War bond promo; appears as a pamphlet for the Junior JSA membership kit and in several DC comics in late '42/early '43:
Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #11 (November 1942)
All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #6 (September-October 1942)
Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #6 (Fall 1942)
Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #3 (Summer 1943)
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)

Smoked Out (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Noble Dade (signed)

Colors

?

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

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

More Fun Comics; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

A Double for Trouble (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Joe Gallagher

Inks

Joe Gallagher

Colors

?

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

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Craig Delich.

Don't Miss Your Favorites! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

Brothers in Law! (Table of Contents: 18)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Jack Burnley (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

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

Colors

?

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

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #38 (1976)
• in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([November] 2002)
• in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #8 ([December] 2009)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #2 ([October] 2016)
• in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([April] 2018)

Keywords

Bat-Plane; Batmobile; Gotham City; O'Brien Detective Agency

Indexer Notes

Art and letterer credits by Craig Delich, verified by Burnley.

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

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

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

The Commandos Are Here! (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

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