Issue | #31 |
Published | November-December 1947 |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 76 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual) |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Jack Burnley |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Notes | Credits verified by Jack Burnley to Craig Delich. |
Reprinted | in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004); in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009) |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. Paul Laverne; Mike (fight manager); Dan the Dunce (villain, introduction) |
Synopsis | Petty crook Dan the Dunce, tired of always getting beat up in the ring, sees an ad in a magazine for Dormital, and he thinks it will give him super-muscles, so he slugs down half a bottle. Superman discovers later, to his dismay, that this substance, actually a sedative, does indeed give Dan super strength, enough to give the Man of Tomorrow a run for his money! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Alvin Schwartz ? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed) |
Pencils | Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Inks | Stan Kaye ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Notes | Credits by Bob Hughes (November, 2004). |
Reprinted | in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009) |
Characters | Zatara; Harold |
Genre | occult |
Script | Joe Samachson ? |
Pencils | William F. White |
Inks | William F. White |
Notes | Writer identification by Bob Hughes. |
Characters | Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mr. Who (villain) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | George Papp (signed) |
Inks | George Papp (signed) |
Characters | Bebe |
Genre | humor; children |
Script | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Characters | The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter; The Rapier (villain, introduction) |
Genre | war; adventure |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Notes | Swan credit verified to Craig Delich by Swan. |
Characters | Daffy; Doodle |
Genre | humor |
Script | ? [as Lit-Win] (signed) |
Pencils | ? [as Lit-Win] (signed) |
Inks | ? [as Lit-Win] (signed) |
Notes | Lit-Win is a pen-name. Jack Burnley saw him all the time in the DC offices, but he couldn't remember the man's actual name. |
Genre | war |
Script | Ben Carroll (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Three-Ring Binks |
Genre | humor |
Script | Jack Farr |
Pencils | Jack Farr |
Inks | Jack Farr |
Letters | Jack Farr |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-1-29. |
Characters | Egbert |
Genre | humor; children |
Script | Phil Berube (signed) |
Pencils | Phil Berube (signed) |
Inks | Phil Berube (signed) |
Letters | Phil Berube |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-1-29. |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ann Marden (introduction); Eddie Brand (villain, introduction); Milt (villain, introduction) |
Synopsis | A World War 2 ace gains x-ray vision after a plane crash and turns criminal, but is exonerated by a Grand Jury when they learn of the details of his accident. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Don Cameron |
Pencils | Bob Kane (signed) |
Inks | Ray Burnley |
Notes | Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn. Art verified by Joe Desris to Craig Delich. |
Reprinted | in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004) |