World's Finest Comics #20

(Winter 1946)

The Toyman: Super-Scientist! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

Stan Kaye ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Inspector Kerrigan; Professor Vining; The Toyman (villain)

Synopsis:

Superman must retrieve a super secret invention, the human wavelength detector, from the clutches of the Toyman, but finds it a challenge as the villain has set the machine to pick up the electrical vibrations of the Man of Tomorrow.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Inker identification by Bob Hughes (November, 2004).

Larceny Without Loot (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Maurice del Burgo

Inks:

Maurice del Burgo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

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

Money Talks (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

Brooklyn Botches the Bakas (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

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

Foxhole Sailor: A True Adventure of the Fighting Coast Guard (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon

Pencils:

Joe Simon

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

George Tanaka, American (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; George Tanaka

King of Coins! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron

Pencils:

Winslow Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

Winslow Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Coin King [Lew Cronin, aka Mark Medalion] (villain, introduction); Lucky Smith (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Batman and Robin soon see through a scheme by a wheel-chair bound coin dealer to provide "sure-fire" treasure maps to people in return for half the loot!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 ([April] 2004)