(July-August 1956)
DC,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1956-05-15
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- 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.
The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery!
Superman and Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mother Goose; Humpty Dumpty; Cat and the Fiddle
- Reprints
-
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
Though Dick Sprang told Craig Delich he pencilled this cover, GCD art-spotters (Jim Van Dore, Craig Delich, Allen Ross, John Lang, Gene Reed, and Tony Rose) agree the Archives and Showcase Presents volumes correctly list Curt Swan for pencils. 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 Case of the Mother Goose Mystery
Superman and Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Humpty Dumpty; Dr. King; Mousey [Jones]; Mother Goose; R. Melville; McKenna brothers and their nephew; "Foots" Moley
- Synopsis
- Mystery Inc has set up a mystery for three high-paying clients so they can pretend to be Batman, Robin and Superman. A mix-up of dates causes the real superheroes to assume the parts that were to be played by the clients, and stop a real robbery in the process.
- Reprints
- 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)
-
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Of all things!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #286 (March 1962)
-
The Error-Car
Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- Prof Weldon Immelwimmer gives Green Arrow a super new arrow car that drives Oliver crazy.
- Keywords
- Arrow Cave
Indexer Notes
Green Arrow has red hat.
The Tribe Without a Chief
Tomahawk / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Dan Hunter
- Reprints
-
in All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (K. G. Murray, 1957 ? series) #12 ([April 1959] ?)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery!
Superman and Batman and Robin -
1.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamp Co. -
2.
The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery
Superman and Batman and Robin -
3.
[no title indexed]
Roadmaster -
4.
["Of all things!"]
Shorty -
5.
[no title indexed]
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
6.
The Error-Car
Green Arrow -
7.
[no title indexed]
U. S. Royal Color King Bike Tires -
8.
["Boys and girls! Here's the news you've been waiting for..."]
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9.
Man Overboard!
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10.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
11.
"Wings" Winchester to the Rescue!
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates -
12.
The Tribe Without a Chief
Tomahawk -
13.
Hey Skinny! ...Yer Ribs Are Showing!
Charles Atlas -
14.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
15.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Craig Delich
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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