Issue | #6 |
Published | Summer 1942 |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 100 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
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 |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Metalo (villain, introduction, unnamed scientist-inventor) |
Synopsis | Superman meets Metalo, a scientist who has super strength and a metal suit, who has been committing the crimes that were blamed on the Man of Steel. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
Pencils | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Inks | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Notes | Credits in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives are wrong. |
Reprinted | in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 |
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 2010-2-20. |
Characters | The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Mr. and Nora Tucker; Toby Tucker; The Nightshade (villain, introduction, death); Chunky Harris (villain, death) |
Synopsis | The Sandman and Sandy face the dire threat of a new villain who promises felons perfect crimes and a perfect hiding place in his Magic Forest in exchange for some of their loot. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jack Kirby (signed) |
Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
Inks | Joe Simon (signed) |
Letters | Howard Ferguson |
Notes | Sandman is now clothed in his later yellow and purple costume. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2009-12-7. |
Reprinted | in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #9 (August-September 1973); in Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2009 series) #nn |
Characters | The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; the Eel (villain, introduction) |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
Pencils | Hal Sherman (signed) |
Inks | Hal Sherman (signed) |
Characters | Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue; Doris West |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jerry Siegel ? |
Pencils | Harry Lampert |
Inks | Harry Lampert |
Characters | Aquaman [Arthur Curry] |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Mort Weisinger ? |
Pencils | Paul Norris |
Inks | Paul Norris |
Characters | Lando |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Mike Suchorsky |
Inks | Mike Suchorsky |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mark Loring (introduction, death); Mr. Rand; Mr. Wicks; Scoop Scanlon; Joker (villain, cameo); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain, cameo); Cat-Woman [aka Catwoman, Selina Kyle] (villain, cameo); Ape (villain); Mr. Graves (villain, introduction) |
Synopsis | The editor of Vue Magazine offers a raise in salary to his top reporter IF he can discover just WHO is behind the mask of the Batman! |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Joe Greene |
Pencils | Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Inks | Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed); George Roussos (backgrounds) |
Reprinted | in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1; in Batman and Me (Eclipse Books) |