Issue | #2 |
Published | Summer 1941 |
Frequency | quarterly |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 100 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Notes | Indicia is on first page which has a large globe logo filling the page. Under this is "Formerly World's Best Comics" followed by the indicia: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS, Summer Issue, No. 2 Published quarterly by World's Best Comics Company, 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. Second class entry applied for at the Post Office at New York, N. Y. Entire contents copyright 1941 by World's Best Comics Company. |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Fred Ray |
Inks | Fred Ray |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1; in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 |
Pencils | Creig Flessel ? |
Inks | Creig Flessel ? |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Russell Walker; The Unknown X [Arthur Jameson](villain, introduction); Benjie (villain) |
Synopsis | Superman must find out the identity of the mysterious gang leader known as the Unknown X who has organized one of the most thorough criminal organizations Metropolis has ever seen. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
Pencils | Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Inks | Leo Nowak ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Notes | Credits in World's Finest Archives are wrong. |
Reprinted | in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 |
Characters | Red Dugan; Whitey Smith; Blooey Blue; Doris West |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jerry Siegel ? |
Pencils | Harry Lampert |
Inks | Harry Lampert |
Characters | The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jack Lehti (signed) |
Pencils | Jack Lehti (signed) |
Inks | Jack Lehti (signed) |
Notes | Crimson wears no cape. |
Characters | Johnny Thunder; the Thunderbolt |
Genre | superhero; humor |
Script | John B. Wentworth |
Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
Notes | The Thunderbolt is yellow. |
Characters | Doc Davis |
Genre | detective |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff? |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-17. |
Characters | Zatara; Tong |
Genre | occult |
Script | Gardner F. Fox |
Pencils | Joseph Sulman (signed) |
Inks | Joseph Sulman (signed) |
Characters | Drafty |
Genre | military humor |
Script | Ed Moore ? |
Pencils | Ed Moore (signed) |
Inks | Ed Moore (signed) |
Letters | Ed Moore ? |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-17. |
Characters | The King [King Standish]; The Witch (villain) |
Genre | detective |
Script | Gardner F. Fox |
Pencils | Harry Lampert (signed) |
Inks | Harry Lampert (signed) |
Letters | Harry Lampert |
Characters | Punch Parker |
Genre | detective |
Pencils | Don Cameron? Ed Winiarski? Paul Norris? |
Notes | Pencil credits by Craig Delich and Jerry Bails. Inker is different from the one in the story in World's Best #1. |
Characters | Lando |
Genre | occult |
Script | Howard Purcell ? |
Pencils | Howard Purcell |
Inks | Howard Purcell |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; William Kendrick; Big Tim Bannon (introduction); Mr. Graves (villain); Ambrose Taylor (villain, introduction, death); Frankie (villain, death); Mitch Mason (villain, introduction); Trig Cooler (villain, introduction) |
Synopsis | When the New District Attorney vows vengeance against the crime lords of Gotham City and further states that he has a little black book in his possession that lists each of them and their connections, it's all Batman & Robin can do to save his life! |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Bob Kane (signed) |
Inks | Bob Kane (signed); George Roussos (backgrounds) |
Reprinted | in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 |