World's Finest Comics #8

(Winter 1942-1943)

Talent, Unlimited (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Mr. Carroll (Sally's father); Mulligan (detective); Mr. Tollivar (talent agency director); Sally Carroll; 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: show reprint note before migration

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38
• in Superman: The World's Finest Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

Tanks for the Memory (Table of Contents)

Drafty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Kaye (signed)

Inks:

Stan Kaye (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; military

Characters:

Drafty; Tim

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 Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from Stan Kaye? to ?. The Who's Who states that Kaye was artist only for this strip.

The Magic Lantern (Table of Contents)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Joseph Sulman (signed)

Inks:

Joseph Sulman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zatara

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 Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38

Indexer Notes

Following this story is a full page ad for: More Fun #86, All-American #45, Flash #36, Sensation #12, Detective #70, Action #55, Adventure #81 and Star Spangled #15.

Stripesy, Solo Sleuth Inc. (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Hal Sherman (signed)

Inks:

Hal Sherman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]

Synopsis:

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

Reprints:

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38.

[none] (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor; military

Characters:

Pvt. Pete

Reprints:

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38

The Luck of the Lepparts (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby (signed) (possibly co-plotted by Joe Simon)

Pencils:

Joe Simon (signed)

Inks:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; adventure

Characters:

The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter; Jared Leppart (villain, death)

Synopsis:

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

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (October 2010)
• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Craig Delich (May, 2004) and writer identification by Martin O'Hearn.

Man's Dog (Table of Contents)

none / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Vasil; Tovarrich Aronya

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 Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2008-1-15.

The Unluckiest Man In The World (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joseph Green

Pencils:

Cliff Young

Inks:

Steve Brodie

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; James Luckless (villain, introduction, death)

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 Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Craig Delich (May, 2004).

The Minuteman Answers the Call (Table of Contents)

none / public service announcement / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

M. C. Gaines (signed)

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

political

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: show reprint note before migration

• in Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #3 (Summer 1943)
• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38

Smoked Out (Table of Contents)

none / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Noble Dade (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Carson; Saro; Conway

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 Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38

Indexer Notes

After this story, a full page ad appears giving promotions for More Fun Comics #87, Adventure #82 and Wonder Woman #2.

A Double For Trouble (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Joe Gallagher

Inks:

Joe Gallagher

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

The King [King Standish]; Al Norton; The Chicken (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 Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38

Indexer Notes

Art id by Craig Delich 8/04; synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-15-08. Following this story is a full page ad promoting All-Star #14, All-Flash #7, Batman #14, Superman #20, Mutt and Jeff #6, Green Lantern #5 and Leading Comics #4.

Brothers In Law! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

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

Colors:

?

Letters:

Betty Bentley

Content Information

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); Bat-Plane

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: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)
• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich (May, 2004).

[The Commandos Are Here!] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war; adventure

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

Promotional announcement, with cover pictured and stories listed, for Boy Commandos #1.

Reprints:

• in Flashback Golden Age Comic Reprints (Funnies Publishing Company, Inc., 1976 series) #38

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2008-1-15.