(July-August 1954)
DC,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-05-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
Issue Notes
Editor credits per Bob Hughes. The Millennium Edition reprint incorrectly solely credits Mort Weisinger as the original editor, both in a credit and in the Remembering the Millennium feature.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Superman and Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In this issue: Read what happens when Superman and Batman exchange identities!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #17/1954 -
in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 ([May] 1999) - in Millennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 (DC, 2000 series) [Direct Sales] (August 2000) [minus the "Now 10¢" blurb]
- in Superman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
- in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([December] 2007) [B&W], #1 ([December] 2007)
-
in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #24 - Trinity - in Batman and Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([May] 2016)
- in Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([May] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).
Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"
Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Synopsis
- Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club which inspires them to start a project to educate people about fire prevention.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Batman - Double for Superman!
Superman and Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Al Schwartz
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Pat Gordon; Ira Schnapp (splash page titles)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Shorty (villain)
- Synopsis
- Lois accidentally learns Superman's identity while he is trying to rescue Batman and Robin, so Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne exchange roles to convince Lois that Clark is not Superman.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1951 series) #1963 (1963) - in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #179 (October-November 1968)
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #14/1969 (12. Juli 1969) - in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 ([May] 1999)
- in Millennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 (DC, 2000 series) (August 2000)
- in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([December] 2007) [B&W]
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #24 - Trinity
- in Batman and Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([May] 2016)
- in Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([May] 2017)
-
- Keywords
- Bat-Cave; Batplane; Daily Planet; Green Kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Recaps their first meeting from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #76.
Schnapp splash page title letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/). The splash page title reads "Your Two Favorite Heroes Superman [regular logo] and Batman and Robin [regular logo] in One Adventure Together!" Pat Gordon lettering per Nick Caputo.
The Invisible Death!
Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Daniel Burrows (flashback, wealthy recluse, death); Bull's-Eye (villain, flashback, cameo); "Jungle" Joe Meredith (villain, flashback); Mousie (villain, flashback); Louie (villain, flashback)
- Synopsis
- Green Arrow opens up his fabulous trophy room to TV crews, as he explains the history of many of his special arrows he has used on past cases.
- Reprints
- in Millennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 (DC, 2000 series) (August 2000)
-
- Keywords
- Arrowcar; Balloon Arrow; Icicle Dart (aka Bottle-of-Water Arrow); Lariat Arrow; Rainbow Arrow; Smoke-Bomb Arrow
Indexer Notes
Credits are from the corrections page in the Millennium Edition: Superboy #1 (2001 series).
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now don't stray too far while I do some shopping!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jerry; Jerry's girlfriend
- Synopsis
- Jerry goes shopping with his girl.
- Reprints
- in The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #52 (August-September 1958)
-
in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #508 (14 de julio de 1965) - in Millennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 (DC, 2000 series) (August 2000)
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3-D Daredevils
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller (credited as Jack E. Miller)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Describes the hardships and hazards that modern mapmakers endure to do their job.
- Reprints
- in Millennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 (DC, 2000 series) (August 2000)
-
Feathered Fighters for Freedom!
Tomahawk / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; Dan Hunter; Andrews; Thaddeus Steele (painter, bird lover); unnamed British Major (villain); un-named British Sergeant (villain); Andrews (villain, British soldier)
- Synopsis
- Tomahawk and Dan must face the Redcoats and more trying to get a British dispatch case, carrying secret campaign plans inside, to Fort Union.
- Reprints
- in Millennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 (DC, 2000 series) (August 2000)
-
- Keywords
- Fort Union
Indexer Notes
Credits are from the corrections page in the Millennium Edition: Superboy #1 (2001 series).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["In this issue: Read what happens when Superman and Batman exchange identities!"]
Superman and Batman and Robin -
1.
Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"
Superboy -
2.
Batman - Double for Superman!
Superman and Batman and Robin -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Gosh, Pud, wasn't it swell of Mom 'n' Pop..."]
Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids -
5.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
6.
The Invisible Death!
Green Arrow -
7.
[no title indexed]
Scripto -
8.
"Free" Wheeling with Abbott and Costello
Popsicle -
9.
["Now don't stray too far while I do some shopping!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
10.
3-D Daredevils
-
11.
[no title indexed]
Schwinn Phantom -
12.
Feathered Fighters for Freedom!
Tomahawk -
13.
[no title indexed]
Hercules Lightweights -
14.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chem. Co. -
15.
[no title indexed]
Thom McAn
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Craig Delich
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Denys Howard
- Dan Kocher
- Mike Nielsen
- Martin Olsen
- Allen Ross
- Jim Van Dore
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