World's Finest Comics #14

(Summer 1944)

Desert Town! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel ? (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (signed); Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jim Jaspers (prospector); James Hibbard (chemical manufacturer); Miss Sparkes; Al Bandar (villain); Ike (villain)

Synopsis:

Jim Jaspers wants to keep his town in Painted Valley a ghost town, but when criminals invade his domain (having kidnapped Lois and stolen a valuable ruby back in Metropolis) and discover his mother lode of gold, Superman has to enter the picture.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Credits in Archives are wrong. Writer identification by Bob Hughes.

High Finance (Table of Contents: 2)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Cliff Young

Inks:

Steve Brodie

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

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

Special Delivery (Table of Contents: 3)

Drafty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Kaye

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; military

Characters:

Drafty; Tim

Thuggery In The Theatre (Table of Contents: 4)

The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Cliff Young

Inks:

Steve Brodie

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

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

Indexer Notes

Revised art credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Credit previously given to Hal Sherman.

Be a Magician! Turn Waste Paper Into War Weapons! (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jack Schiff ?

Pencils:

George Roussos

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

advocacy; superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]

Synopsis:

Superman puts on a special show, for 100 pounds of waste paper as an admission price, to demonstrate to the kids how that much waste paper can be transformed into 115 cardboard boxes which can hold ten 20mm shells.

Keywords:

paper salvage; waste paper

Indexer Notes

Paper drive feature, art identification by Jerry Bails.

Task Force To Tokyo (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby ? (layouts); Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

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

Indexer Notes

Probably illustrated from Jack Kirby layouts according to Jerry Bails.

The History of the Harried Hypnotist (Table of Contents: 7)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

William F. White

Inks:

William F. White

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Zatara

Salvage Scavengers! (Table of Contents: 8)

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:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Chipps (introduction, fisherman); Captain Moss (introduction); Jib Buckler (villain, ex-con, introduction, death)

Synopsis:

Mysterious boat sinkings and explosions, used to cover those explosions, lead the Dynamic Duo into a case involving deep sea salvaging.

Reprints:

• in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #3 (2017)

Keywords:

Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City