Issue Details

Issue	#97
Published	October 1958
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The Day Superman Betrayed Batman!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: World's Fines (DC, 2007 series) #1

12 page Superman and Batman story "The Day Superman Betrayed Batman"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Commissioner Gordon; Kryptonite; Professor Milo (Superman in disguise); The Condor Gang [Blinky; Condor [John Titus]]; Ace Logan; Scott Forest; Billy Forest
Synopsis	The Condor Gang frames Batman for taking a bribe to let a criminal escape. Superman is forced to arrest Batman and Robin and then spends his time trying to prove their innocence, giving the Condor Gang a chance to start a crime spree.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Klein/Reed incorrectly list Paris inks. Superman (as Prof. Milo) accoding to Kurt Mitchell, GCD error report Feb. 25, 2005.
Reprinted	in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #15 (October 1965); in World's Finest (Tempo Books, 1978 series) #14534; in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: World's Fines (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Binky public service announcement "Lost: A Free Education"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bob Oksner
Inks	Bob Oksner

Half page Little Pete filler "Today we study about Christopher Columbus"

Genre	children; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page Tomahawk story "The Strange Journal of Old Blue Jay"

Characters	Dan Hunter
Genre	western; period
Script	Dave Wood
Pencils	Fred Ray
Inks	Fred Ray

Half page Blockbuster activity "untitled"

1 page Ollie filler

Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

2 page text story "The Goblin That Got Away"

Letters

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5 page Green Arrow story "Menace of the Mechanical Octopus"

Characters	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Arrow-Plane; Arrowcar
Synopsis	Crooks are using a mechanical octopus to commit robberies.
Genre	superhero
Script	Ed Herron
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)
Notes	Green Hat
Reprinted	in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #23 (February 1981); in Green Arrow by Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2001 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1