(December 1963)

DC, 1941 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthy, with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.
On-sale Date
1963-10-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Jack Schiff (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from ad in Batman #160 and copyright registration.

Secret of the Captured Cavemen! (Table of Contents)

Superman and Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit per Bob Klein, Gene Reed, Mike Tiefenbacher, and Bob Hughes. Craig Delich and Pat Lang credit pencils to Jim Mooney. 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/).

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1)

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Secret of the Captive Cavemen (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman and Batman and Robin / comic story / 14.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Professor Carter Nichols; General Grote
Synopsis
Batman, Robin and Superman chase a mysterious alien into the prehistoric past.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

time travel story

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

Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dad, I hit a home run and broke up the ball game!
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Brave and the Bold / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

On the same page as the previous sequence.

Two Exciting New Adventures (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Build Your Own Universe (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...

The Secret Face of Funny-Arrow! (Table of Contents: 9)

Green Arrow / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Lee Elias
Inks
Lee Elias
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Funny-Arrow; Halley; Danton
Synopsis
Green Arrow and Speedy must determine who is pulling robberies as Funny-Arrow.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Compare to story in World's Finest Comics #100.

2 Big Stories in Every Issue... (Table of Contents: 10)

Detective Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Peter Puptent, Explorer / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Missed him!
Genre
humor
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

104 Cars / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

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

Anca Stamps; Jaro Stamps; Stamp Specialties / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Convoy Terror / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Task Force / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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?
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?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Fly-Over Chicane (Table of Contents: 17)

Gilbert Auto-Rama / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Secret of the Captured Cavemen!
    Superman and Batman and Robin
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  3. 2. The Secret of the Captive Cavemen
    Superman and Batman and Robin
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual
  5. 4. ["Dad, I hit a home run and broke up the ball game!"]
    Little Pete
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    The Brave and the Bold
  7. 6. Two Exciting New Adventures
    Batman
  8. 7. Build Your Own Universe
  9. 8. ["Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines..."]
  10. 9. The Secret Face of Funny-Arrow!
    Green Arrow
  11. 10. 2 Big Stories in Every Issue...
    Detective Comics
  12. 11. ["Missed him!"]
    Peter Puptent, Explorer
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    104 Cars
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Anca Stamps; Jaro Stamps; Stamp Specialties
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Convoy Terror
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Task Force
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    American Body Building Club
  18. 17. Fly-Over Chicane
    Gilbert Auto-Rama
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore