World's Finest Comics #16

(Winter 1945)

Music For The Masses! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron ? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)

Pencils:

Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mr. Holloway (store floor walker); Jimmy Royce; Doris Dawson; Sue; George Cummings (music publisher); J. Wilbur Wolfingham (villain)

Synopsis:

A young unpublished songwriter heads for the big city in order to sell some of his snappy tunes, but no one agrees to give him a chance until Wilbur Wolfingham steps into the scene, and Superman has to take a hand to see that the young man is not fleeced, but given the opportunity to strut his stuff before a noted publisher.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Superman: The World's Finest Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Bob Hughes (November, 2004). Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-8.

Secret of the Vulnerable Vault (Table of Contents)

Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Maurice del Burgo

Inks:

Maurice del Burgo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

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

The Bursting Banks (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

The Good Nazis (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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; the Nazis (villains)

Fantastic Fans (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Jon Small

Inks:

Jon Small

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Bob Hughes (November, 2004)

Pilots Are Where You Find Them (Table of Contents)

Johnny Everyman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

John Daly

Inks:

John Daly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Johnny Everyman

The Mountaineers of Crime! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Alvin Schwartz

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Minton; The McKees; the Chatfields; Dave (villain); Snuffy (villain); Burly (villain); Nocky Johnson (villain)

Synopsis:

Batman and Robin become involved in a deadly rivalry between two country families, instigated by a man who hoodwinked one of the clans to help steal lens-grinding machines and hold them for ransom.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit confirmed by Alvin Schwartz in June, 2005 to Bob Hughes.