World's Finest Comics #45

(April-May 1950)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Lois Lane and Clark Kent, Detectives! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White

Reprints

• in Gigant (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #2/1963
• in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #21/[1950]
• in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #13 ([June 1951])
• in Superman Super Library (K. G. Murray, 1964 series) #23 ([April 1966] ?)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Nabisco Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Silver Dollar Clue! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Wyoming Kid / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Ryerson Johnson

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

The Wyoming Kid [Bill Polk]

Up, Up and Away! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Action Comics; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Switchman of Crime! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Switchman (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

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Bazooka Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Renegade Train Boss (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Roussos

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Craig Delich. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

Three Tasks for a Hero! (Table of Contents: 9)

Zatara / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Kashdan

Pencils

Ralph Mayo

Inks

Ralph Mayo

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovani "John" Zatara]

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. Art identification by Craig Delich. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

Here's Good News for Batman and Robin Fans! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Detective Comics; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Ghost of Gallows Head! (Table of Contents: 11)

Full-Steam Foley / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

Words About Music (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Shorty / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here, Spike!

Genre

humor

Characters

Shorty

Reprints

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #248 (January 1959)

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Nestlé's Crunch / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

The Historian of Crime! (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

John Broome ?

Pencils

Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures); Lew Sayre Schwartz

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Feature Logo

Batman with Robin, the Boy Wonder

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed auctioneers; Professor Ezra Dorn (introduction); Crime Historian [Simmons] (villain, introduction); Pierre Larue (French master criminal, flashback); unnamed Paris police officer (flashback); unnamed guard; Ho Mah Tu (Chinese criminal, flashback)

Synopsis

Batman and Robin battle the Crime Historian, who uses methods and weapons from historical crimes to commit crimes in the present.

Reprints

• in Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1953 series) #10/1953 (oktober 1953)
• in Colossal Comic (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #13 ([April 1960])
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #7 ([August] 2019)

Keywords

Louvre; Paris

Indexer Notes

Inker credit by Craig Delich; we previously credited Bob Kane. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

Superman's Code for Buddies (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

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The Adventures of Bob Hope / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)