(January-February 1949)
DC,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 76
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-11-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder; Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman ;Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #6 (2018 [February 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Win Mortimer to Craig Delich.
If There Were No Superman
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you ever wonder...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Perry White; Superman [Clark Kent]; Professor Smiggs; "Bullet" Barris (crook); Slim (crook)
- Synopsis
- Superman is sent to various points in the past by Professor Smiggs' IF machine.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Bob Hughes. Pencils credit per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/; we previously credited Wayne Boring.
[no title indexed]
Dale Evans Comics; All-American Western; Western Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You'll find this sure-fire brand...
The Unfinished Crimes!
Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- George Papp (signed as Geo Papp)
- Inks
- George Papp (signed as Geo Papp)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Meet The Wind! A new and mysterious criminal...
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The Wind (villain, intro); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
- Synopsis
- Green Arrow and Speedy are following up on a clue and guarding Dill' Dime Store. A new criminal, named The Wind, appears and claims to be able to control winds, and proves it by blowing the archer's arrows off course. But both here and subsequently, The Wind never completes his crimes. Green Arrow later learns that The Wind is actually arrow collector A. Wynd. Knowing he could never buy Green Arrow's shafts he pulled the robberies to retrieve the arrows fired at him.
Indexer Notes
Arrowcar is green.
Writer's credit from Otto Binder's 1963/1964 listing of DC credits. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shine, mister?
- Genre
- humor
Football in the Future!
Doc and Fatty / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the land of centuries to come...
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Doc; Fatty
- Synopsis
- While at an exhibition of robots, Doc presses the 2948 A.D. key on the time-typer. There is to be Mars vs. Earth football game played by robots. Crooks plan to rig the game so that the Mars team wins, paying out 100-1 bets. Doc and Fatty join the game and foil the crooks' plan, before returning to their own time.
Indexer Notes
Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's the matter, sonny?
- Genre
- humor
Rip Carter - Fugitive from a Chain Gang!
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The chain gang!...Last stop for criminal derelicts...
- Genre
- adventure; children; war
- Characters
- The Boy Commandos; Captain Rip Carter; Gentleman Jeff Chambers (crook)
- Synopsis
- The Commandos and Rip respond to a bank alarm, and pursuing the criminals Rip gets hit in the head by a piece of exploding shrapnel. The gang leader, Gentleman Jeff Chambers [aka The Human Bomb] deliberately gets himself arrested in a South American country and is placed on the chain gang for six months.
Indexer Notes
Inker credit by Craig Delich; we previously credited George Klein.
Pete, the Inventor!
Zatara / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some of Pete Painter's inventions are almost like Zatara's magic in their effects...
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Pete Painter; Miss Murdock (teacher); Nails (crook)
- Synopsis
- Pete Painter invents gadgets such as windscreen wipers for reading glasses and one for tying show laces, but he never patents them. When he matches wits with Zatara he gets his comeuppance, but gets in the last word by hiding a paper bird which flies out of Zatara's hat. Zatara magically sees that Pete is in trouble and rides the paper bird to the rescue. Zatara suggests he patent his inventions, and a short time later has one hundred patents.
Indexer Notes
Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ??? What are you looking for, Daffy?" "I'm looking for our flashlight...
- Genre
- humor
The Impossible People!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Before their very eyes, the Dynamic Duo saw Father Time...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Folklore Society [Jack Frost; Father Time; Mother Goose; Father Neptune; King Arthur; Robin Hood; Paul Bunyan] (actors playing roles, intro for all); Hank (janitor)
- Synopsis
- Batman and Robin investigate a series of crimes committed by characters out of folklore.
- Reprints
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #6 (2018 [February 2019])
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits by Craig Delich. Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk but it's not in his pay records per Martin O'Hearn.
[no title indexed]
National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fred Harman (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Harman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder; Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Kodak -
2.
If There Were No Superman
Superman -
3.
Henry Iba
Wheaties -
4.
["You'll find this sure-fire brand..."]
Dale Evans Comics; All-American Western; Western Comics -
5.
The Unfinished Crimes!
Green Arrow -
6.
[no title indexed]
Schwinn -
7.
["Shine, mister?"]
Daffy & Doodle -
8.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
9.
Football in the Future!
Doc and Fatty -
10.
Mystery Mine's Treasure!
Ray-o-Vac -
11.
["What's the matter, sonny?"]
Casey the Cop -
12.
[no title indexed]
Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
13.
Rip Carter - Fugitive from a Chain Gang!
The Boy Commandos -
14.
Gets the Bird!
Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy -
15.
Keep in Tune with the Teens!
-
16.
Pete, the Inventor!
Zatara -
17.
Pike's Peak or Bust
-
18.
["??? What are you looking for, Daffy?" "I'm looking for our flashlight..."]
Daffy & Doodle -
19.
The Impossible People!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
20.
[no title indexed]
Thom McAn -
21.
[no title indexed]
National Radio Institute -
22.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Phil Hart
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Edgar Loftin
- John Monagle
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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