World's Finest Comics #11

(Fall 1943)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The City of Hate! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

George Roussos (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Cameo: Jimmy Olsen; Ralph Denning (builder); Franklin Mallory (bank President); Dr. Morris Mowbray; Nicholas Finelli (philanthropist); The Skeptic [Charlie Frost] (villain, introduction, Daily Planet janitor, brother of late Professor Milton Frost)

Synopsis

A deranged lunatic tries to sabotage the Daily Planet by killing four people the newspaper has selected as "The Finest People in the City" through the use of his invention, "The Hate Gas".

Reprints

• in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([August] 2004)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #4 ([July] 2017)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Bob Hughes and verified by Craig Delich. Credits in Archives are wrong.

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

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

The Little Land That Wasn't There! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harold Sherman

Inks

Harold Sherman

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]

Small Time Dictator (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Ryan

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Letters

typeset

A Day in Africa! (Table of Contents: 6)

Drafty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Stan Kaye

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; military

Characters

Drafty; Tim

Are You Pre-Flight Material? (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Coupons of Cutthroats! (Table of Contents: 8)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Joe Sulman

Inks

Joe Sulman

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Private Pete / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh-oh - Rain!

Genre

humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Pixture Puzzles / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Farr

Pencils

Jack Farr

Inks

Jack Farr

Colors

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Letters

Jack Farr

Sand Dunes of Death! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ?

Inks

Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

The Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]

Reprints

• in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #2 (2015 [February 2016])

Indexer Notes

Kirby pencils and Simon inker or co-inker per Nick Caputo. Craig Delich credited Simon on pencils and Kirby on inks.

The Man Who Came Back! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Pencils

John Daly

Inks

John Daly

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Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

Flight Control Command

Lamp of Justice (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Macy

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Letters

typeset

The Criminal Who Reversed the Crime! (Table of Contents: 14)

Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Cliff Young

Inks

Steve Brodie

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]

Reprints

• in Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])

A Thief in Time! (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jerry Robinson (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Fred Ray

Colors

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Letters

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Feature Logo

Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Father Time (cameo, splash only); Rob Callender (villain, introduction); Callender's gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

An obscure laboratory worker from the future creates a space time warp and arrives in Gotham City, bent on making himself a millionaire before he is drawn back into his own era.

Reprints

• in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([November] 2002)
• in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #10 (2010 [February 2011])
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #3 ([June] 2017)
• in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #5 ([November] 2018)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batman Museum; Batplane; Gotham City; Greater Gotham City; infra-red goggles; paralysis ray

Indexer Notes

Inker credit verified to Craig Delich by Jack Burnley and Fred Ray.

Oddity: Callender invents a hand generator, which produces a light-absorbing ray that obscures an area in total blackness, much like Dr. Mid-Nite's blackout bomb. Greater Gotham City existed in 2043.

The Big Eight! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)