World's Finest Comics #14

(Summer 1944)

Desert Town! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel ? (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (signed); Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

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.

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• in Superman: The World's Finest Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Credits in Archives are wrong. Writer identification by Bob Hughes.

High Finance (Table of Contents)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Cliff Young

Inks:

Steve Brodie

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]

Special Delivery (Table of Contents)

Drafty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Kaye

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; military

Characters:

Drafty; Tim

Thuggery In The Theatre (Table of Contents)

The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Cliff Young

Inks:

Steve Brodie

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

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

Indexer Notes

Revised art credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Credit previously given to Hal Sherman.

Superman in Waste Paper (Table of Contents)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Sikela

Inks:

John Sikela

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

Task Force To Tokyo (Table of Contents)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby ? (layouts); Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war; adventure

Characters:

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

Indexer Notes

Probably illustrated from Jack Kirby layouts according to Jerry Bails.

The History of the Harried (Table of Contents)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

William F. White

Inks:

William F. White

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zatara

Salvage Scavengers! (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Chipps (introduction, fisherman); Captain Moss (introduction); Jib Buckler (villain, introduction, death); Batmobile (mentioned, not seen); Bat-Plane

Synopsis:

Mysterious boat sinkings and explosions, used to cover those explosions, lead the Dynamic Duo into a case involving deep sea salvaging.

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• in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)