(September-October 1954)
DC,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-07-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Fort Crime!
Superman and Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #23/1954 -
in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 ([May] 1999) - in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([December] 2007)
- 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
Art credits for this cover were a matter of some debate on the GCD-Main email list. Agreement is that everything except the Superman/Batman and Robin characters are by Swan/Kaye. There is some doubt about the Superman/Batman and Robin characters as possibly being by Win Mortimer. Win Mortimer denies having any part of this cover in a conversation with Craig Delich, so if those are Win Mortimer figures they were most likely added by paste-ups from the production department and not drawn by Win Mortimer specifically for this cover.
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/).
Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
Fort Crime!
Superman and Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Al Schwartz (credited as Alvin Schwartz)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Pat Gordon
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Heavy-Weapons Gang
- Synopsis
- Superman and Batman must find out who has been supplying weapons to the Heavy-Weapons Gang.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #114 - in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #224 (July-August 1974)
- in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1 ([May] 1999)
- in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([December] 2007)
- 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
Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1 lists Stan Kaye inks. Klein/Reed and Archives incorrectly list Paris inks.
[no title indexed]
Supergram the Superman Puzzle Game / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Martin Naydel
- Pencils
- Martin Naydel; Wayne Boring (Superman figure)
- Inks
- Martin Naydel; Stan Kaye (Superman figure)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Martin Naydel
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your week would be incomplete without it!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #33 (December 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Wayne Boring Superman image incorporated into this puzzle page.
The Flying Archers!
Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- When Oliver sprains his ankle, Green Arrow takes to the air.
Indexer Notes
Green Arrow wears red hat.
[no title indexed]
Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's nothing I like better than a parade!
- Genre
- children
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes a plug for polio research.
[no title indexed]
The Batman Whirly-Word Game / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A miser won't mind parting with this!
- Reprints
- in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #262 (December 1958)
- in The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #75 (December 1967-January 1968)
-
The Talons of Terror!
Tomahawk / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Black Falcon; Dan Hunter
[no title indexed]
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here he is...
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Fort Crime!
Superman and Batman and Robin -
1.
Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!"
Buzzy -
2.
Fort Crime!
Superman and Batman and Robin -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Your week would be incomplete without it!"]
Supergram the Superman Puzzle Game -
5.
The Flying Archers!
Green Arrow -
6.
Three Exciting New Adventures
Batman -
7.
["There's nothing I like better than a parade!"]
Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids -
8.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
9.
["A miser won't mind parting with this!"]
The Batman Whirly-Word Game -
10.
Plumes of Peril
-
11.
The Talons of Terror!
Tomahawk -
12.
["Here he is..."]
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen -
13.
[no title indexed]
Colonial Studios, Inc. -
14.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
15.
How Chuck's Fineline Pen Got Him in the Movies!
Fineline
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Craig Delich
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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