World's Finest Comics #10

(Summer 1943)

The Insect Terror! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; The Insect Master (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis:

A new criminal succeeds in terrorizing Metropolis with hordes of insects, something he says will continue unless the citizens pay him tribute!

Reprints:

• in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([June] 2004)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #3 ([December] 2016)

Indexer Notes

Credits in World's Finest Archives are wrong. Art and writer identifications by Bob Hughes (November, 2004).

Meet Mister Gadget (Table of Contents: 2)

The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Hal Sherman

Inks:

Hal Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Mister Gadget (vllain, introduction)

The Man Who Made Miracles (Table of Contents: 3)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joseph Sulman

Inks:

Joseph Sulman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Zatara

Message to Mermansk (Table of Contents: 4)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Joe Simon

Pencils:

Joe Simon

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

The Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; the Nazis (villains)

Indexer Notes

Credits revised by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Writer and penciller credits previously given as Joe Simon ? and inker credit previously given to Jack Kirby ?

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

Super-Sleuth McFooey / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Jack Farr

Pencils:

Jack Farr

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Farr

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Super-Sleuth McFooey

Indexer Notes

All credits by Craig Delich, with letterer credit added on 2008-1-17.

Bring 'em Back Alive (Table of Contents: 6)

Martin of the Marines / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Daly

Inks:

John Daly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

war

Characters:

Sgt. Pat Martin

The Eye of Sheba! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Cliff Young

Inks:

Steve Brodie

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Joseph Vance; Big Max (villain)

Among Their Souvenirs (Table of Contents: 8)

Drafty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Kaye

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

military; humor

Characters:

Drafty

Man With the Camera Eyes (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

George Roussos

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Henri Longvieux; Oliver Hunt (introduction); Dude Fay (villain, introduction);

Synopsis:

Oliver Hunt is tired of being tabbed "The Man With the Camera Eyes," so he joins up with a known gang in Gotham City to help them commit crimes: as long as there is no murder or mayhem committed.

Reprints:

• in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)
• in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #9 (2010)
• in Batman: The War Years 1939-1945 (Chartwell Books, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #3 (2017)

Keywords:

Batplane; Batplane (rogue imitation used by the villain); Gem Theater; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette

Indexer Notes

Colorist credit by Craig Delich.