Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1

([August] 2004)

Foreword (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Uslan

Letters

typeset

[New York World's Fair 1939] (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Vin Sullivan; Fred Guardineer (head views)

Inks

Vin Sullivan; Fred Guardineer (head views)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Zatara; Butch the Pup; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Ginger Snap

Reprints

• from New York World's Fair Comics (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([April] 1939)

Indexer Notes

Sullivan credit verified by the artist. Guardineer credit from Craig Delich.

Superman at the World's Fair (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed); Nick Stone (villain)

Synopsis

Lois and Clark are assigned to cover the Fair, but after Lois is kidnapped, Superman has to take over, both to rescue her from a wanted criminal and make sure the Fair is covered properly for the paper.

Reprints

• from New York World's Fair Comics (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([April] 1939)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

[New York World's Fair 1940] (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from New York World's Fair Comics (DC, 1939 series) #[2] ([July] 1940)

Indexer Notes

First published picture of Batman, Robin and Superman together.

Credits verified by Burnley.

[Superman at the 1940 World's Fair] (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Jack Burnley [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Jack Burnley [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Lois Lane; Blackie Sarto (villain)

Synopsis

Lois and Clark are given an assignment to get the feminine slant of the new World's Fair, and overhear a plot by an international jewel thief to steal the Madras Emerald before it can be displayed at the Fair in the House of Jewels.

Reprints

• from New York World's Fair Comics (DC, 1939 series) #[2] ([July] 1940)

[World's Best Comics 1] (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Best Comics (DC, 1941 series) #1 ([Spring] 1941)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Fred Ray.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Don Komisarow ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When a criminal scientist becomes master of one of nature's most beneficial phenomenons...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; B. Drexel Rutherford; Rainmaker (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

A criminal scientist learns how to control the weather and uses his power for extortion, and he even nearly stops the Man of Tomorrow from interfering when he uses a paralysis gas on the Man of Steel.

Reprints

• from World's Best Comics (DC, 1941 series) #1 ([Spring] 1941)

Indexer Notes

Credits in World's Finest Archives are wrong.

[World's Finest Comics 2] (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #2 (Summer 1941)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Fred Ray.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Leo Nowak ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A new mastermind of crime, 'The Unknown X,' victimizes Metropolis...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Russell Walker; The Unknown X [Arthur Jameson] (villain, introduction); Benjie (villain)

Synopsis

Superman must find out the identity of the mysterious gang leader known as the Unknown X who has organized one of the most thorough criminal organizations Metropolis has ever seen.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #2 (Summer 1941)

Indexer Notes

Credits in World's Finest Archives are wrong.

[World's Finest Comics 3] (Table of Contents: 10)

Superman; Batman with Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #3 (Fall 1941)

Keywords

baseball

Indexer Notes

DC Comics: Sixty Years of The World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes by Les Daniels in 1995 indicates this cover is by Jerry Robinson. The two Archives reprints indicate Fred Ray. Thanks to Arnie Grieves for pointing this out. Note from Craig Delich: Jack Burnley verified Ray as the artist on this cover when he visited him personally in 1989.

Fred Ray sent a listing of all of his comic book credits to Jack Burnley in 2003, and part of the list was published in Alter-Ego #25 for June of 2003. In it, Ray states his on-going feud with Robinson, who was claiming to do work that Ray actually did. These credits by Ray verify that Ray did the full art for this cover as indicated. Ray, like Jack Burnley, tore all the covers off the comics that he did the covers to, and he sent scans of these covers to Burnley and Roy Thomas to verify his claim.

[The Case of the Death Express] (Table of Contents: 11)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Douglas Grant (lawyer); Atkinson (railroad President); "Sparky" Waters (villain); Thorton Bigsby (villain)

Synopsis

Clark Kent (a.k.a. Superman) investigates a series of railroad accidents that turn out to be anything BUT accidental!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #3 (Fall 1941)

Indexer Notes

Story title from the table of contents.

[World's Finest Comics 4] (Table of Contents: 12)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #4 (Winter 1941)

Keywords

skiing

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Fred Ray.

[The Case of the Crime Crusade] (Table of Contents: 13)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Hugh Manton; Dan Bransom (villain)

Synopsis

A series of unusual streetcar accidents are being masterminded by someone and Clark & Lois begin an investigation to uncover the person sabotaging the rail system.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #4 (Winter 1941)

Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.

[World's Finest Comics 5] (Table of Contents: 14)

Superman; Batman with Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #5 (Spring 1942)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Fred Ray.

The Tower of Terror (Table of Contents: 15)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Brent Matthews; Lemuel P. Potts (villain, death)

Synopsis

A manufacturer purchases a sacred Indian tower and tries to move it, but is faced with many attempts on his life, unaware that an ancient manuscript indicates priceless Indian valuables were secreted in the tower.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #5 (Spring 1942)

Indexer Notes

Titled "The Case of the Flying Castle" in the table of contents. This title is also used in Superman: The World's Finest Archives, whose credits are wrong too.

[World's Finest Comics 6] (Table of Contents: 16)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #6 (Summer 1942)

Keywords

United States Army; United States Navy

Man of Steel Versus Man of Metal! (Table of Contents: 17)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Metalo (villain, introduction, unnamed scientist-inventor)

Synopsis

Superman meets Metalo, a scientist who has super strength and a metal suit, who has been committing the crimes that were blamed on the Man of Steel.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #6 (Summer 1942)

Indexer Notes

Called "The Case of the Metal Man" in the Table of Contents.

Credits in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives are wrong.

[World's Finest Comics 7] (Table of Contents: 18)

Superman; Batman with Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #7 (Fall 1942)

Keywords

warships

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Burnley.

The Eight Doomed Men! (Table of Contents: 19)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Andrew P. Stone; Heels (death); Charlie Goodfellow (death); Chick Ryan; Dr. Dan Mallory; Conrad Thorndike; Henry Kimball (death); Albert Damon (death); Jenkins (villain, Stone's chauffeur, death)

Synopsis

The members of the Elkhart University Pi Theta Dau fraternity vow upon graduation to meet 20 years later, and that they do...where someone vows to kill each and every one of them!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #7 (Fall 1942)

Keywords

Superman's Mountain Retreat; X-Ray vision

Indexer Notes

Credits in World's Finest Archives are wrong.

[Sink the Japanazis with Bonds & Stamps] (Table of Contents: 20)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Burnley.

Talent, Unlimited! (Table of Contents: 21)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

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

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

Keywords

Daily Planet

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Knock Out the Axis with Bonds & Stamps

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Adolf Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hideki Tojo

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #9 (Spring 1943)

One Second to Live! (Table of Contents: 23)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger ? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)

Pencils

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Jimmy Olsen (?, cameo); Allen Cartright (death); Harold Denton (Cartright's secretary); Mr. Higgins (Cartright's former butler, death); Jane Cartright (villain)

Synopsis

The murder of a famous explorer leaves the Man of Tomorrow only one second to gather the evidence necessary to free an accused man from dying in the electric chair.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #9 (Spring 1943)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Bob Hughes.

[World's Finest Comics 10] (Table of Contents: 24)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder; The Green Arrow; The Star-Spangled Kid; The Boy Commandos / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Simon ? (swipes)

Inks

Joe Simon ? (swipes)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #10 (Summer 1943)

Indexer Notes

Cover vignettes: Superman (Ed Dobrotka); Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy (Hal Sherman); Green Arrow (Cliff Young); Batman and Robin (Dick Sprang and Norman Fallon); Boy Commandos (Joe Simon).

The Insect Terror! (Table of Contents: 25)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; The Insect Master (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

A new criminal succeeds in terrorizing Metropolis with hordes of insects, something he says will continue unless the citizens pay him tribute!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #10 (Summer 1943) [Reprint credits in the World's Finest Archives are incorrect.]

Indexer Notes

Writer identifications by Bob Hughes.

[World's Finest Comics 11; Victory Garden] (Table of Contents: 26)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #11 (Fall 1943)

Keywords

gardening; victory gardens

Indexer Notes

Cover art verified to Craig Delich by Jack Burnley.

The City of Hate! (Table of Contents: 27)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

George Roussos [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Cameo: Jimmy Olsen; Ralph Denning (builder); Franklin Mallory (bank President); Dr. Morris Mowbray; Nicholas Finelli (philanthropist); The Skeptic [Charlie Frost] (villain, introduction, Daily Planet janitor, brother of late Professor Milton Frost)

Synopsis

A deranged lunatic tries to sabotage the Daily Planet by killing four people the newspaper has selected as "The Finest People in the City" through the use of his invention, "The Hate Gas".

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #11 (Fall 1943)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Bob Hughes and verified by Craig Delich. Credits in Archives are wrong.

[World's Finest Comics 12] (Table of Contents: 28)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #12 (Winter 1943)

Keywords

Bat-iceboat

Indexer Notes

Art credits confirmed by Jack Burnley.

The Man Who Stole a Reputation! (Table of Contents: 29)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

George Roussos [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mr. Gerkin (Link's boss); The Lynx [Lester Link] (introduction); Tornadi (villain); Pig-Eye (villain); Baby-Face (villain)

Synopsis

Mild mannered Lester Link, upset that he is squandering away his life for a mere pittance, quits his job and declares himself to reporters Lane and Kent that he is the secret ruler of the underworld. The underworld gang bosses, however, have something to say about that!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #12 (Winter 1943)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Bob Hughes and verified by Craig Delich. Credits in Archives are wrong.

[Fight Paper Waste - And Hang One on the Paper-Hanger of Berlin!] (Table of Contents: 30)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #13 (Spring 1944)

Indexer Notes

Art credits confirmed by Burnley.

The Freedom of the Press! (Table of Contents: 31)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

George Roussos [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Sanford (Planet's copy chief, introduction); Sam Greene (Planet's foreman of composing room, introduction); Matt Worth (Planet's boss pressman, introduction); Pete Gluyas (Planet's delivery truck boss); Honey Dale (Planet reporter and niece of the publisher, introduction); Happy (Planet's camerman, introduction); Emery "Emperor" Auslinger (villain, introduction); Delmar "Dice" Dimant (villain, introduction); The Rattler [Rex Ratlan] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Lois and Clark are given the assignment to write a special story concerning the staff of the Daily Planet, but gangsters try to stop the Planet from publishing that 100th Anniversary issue.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #13 (Spring 1944)

Indexer Notes

Credits in Archives are wrong.

[World's Finest Comics 14] (Table of Contents: 32)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #14 (Summer 1944)

Keywords

swimming

Indexer Notes

Art credits confirmed by Burnley.

Desert Town! (Table of Contents: 33)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron [as Jerry Siegel]? (signed)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

George Roussos [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jim Jaspers (prospector); James Hibbard (chemical manufacturer); Miss Sparkes; Al Bandar (villain); Ike (villain)

Synopsis

Jim Jaspers wants to keep his town in Painted Valley a ghost town, but when criminals invade his domain (having kidnapped Lois and stolen a valuable ruby back in Metropolis) and discover his mother lode of gold, Superman has to enter the picture.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #14 (Summer 1944)

Indexer Notes

Credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947).

[World's Finest Comics 15] (Table of Contents: 34)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #15 (Fall 1944)

Indexer Notes

Art credits confirmed by Burnley.

The Rubber Band (Table of Contents: 35)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel ? (signed)

Pencils

Jon Small ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks

George Roussos ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed); Joe Shuster (touch-ups) (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Ben Stanger; Derby Bowser (villain, death); Johnny (villain); Crusher (villain)

Synopsis

After Derby Bowser is released from prison, his car suffers two blown out tires, which gives him an idea for a new racket: steal new tires from government shipments and sell them on the black market!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #15 (Fall 1944)

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Bob Hughes. We previously credited the art to John Sikela (as per the Archives reprint), then to George Roussos with an unknown inker (per Pat Lang). Shuster touch-ups added by Craig Delich.