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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published September-October 1947
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 76
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 5/04.

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Charles Paris
Letters typeset
Notes Credits by Craig Delich (May, 2004).
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)

13 page Superman story "Sheriff Clark Kent"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Ed Hollis (Mayor of Saddle Fork); Roaring Pete (Deputy); Catawampus Jones (villain, prospector); the Rockdust Bandits [Hardpan, others un-named](villains)
Synopsis When Clark accidently knocks out members of the Rockdust Gang, who are smuggling out stolen gold from town, the timid reporter is made Sheriff of Saddle Rock. But it's Superman who uncovers the identity of the real criminal boss of the gang.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Winslow Mortimer [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Ed Dobrotka ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Inker credit by Craig Delich, writer credit by Martin O'Hearn [updated November, 2004].
Reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

10 page Green Arrow story "Crime Goes To Press"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Updated November, 2004 as writer credit was removed (not Ryerson Johnson, per Craig Delich).

7 page Zatara story "The Timid Terror"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils William F. White
Inks William F. White

13 page The Boy Commandos story "The Black Gold of Red Valley"

Characters The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter; Rollo, the World's Fattest Man (villain)
Genre war; adventure
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Curt Swan

8 page Johnny Everyman story "Havoc On Wheels"

Characters Johnny Everyman
Genre adventure
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly

13 page Batman and Robin story "The Penny Plunderers!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; J. J. Withers (first appearance); Joe Coyne (villain, introduction); Skinny (villain, introduction, death); Mike (villain, introduction)
Synopsis Throughout his life, Joe Coyne felt threatened, done in by pennies and coppers, so he decides to use the "copper penny" as a trademark of his crimes.
Genre Superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Ray Burnley
Notes Art credits by Craig Delich (May, 2004), writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Reprinted in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #256 (May-June 1974); in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004)