Issue | #15 |
Published | Autumn 1944 |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 84 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual) |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Jack Burnley |
Inks | Jack Burnley |
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]; Perry White; Ben Stanger; Derby Bowser (villain, death); Johnny (villain); Crusher (villain) |
Synopsis | After Derby Bowser is released from prison, his car suffers two blown out tires, which gives him an idea for a new racket: steal new tires from government shipments and sell them on the black market! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel ? (signed) |
Pencils | Jon Small ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Inks | George Roussos ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed); Joe Shuster (touch-ups) (signed) |
Notes | Pencil identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2006). Previously identified as George Roussos by Pat Lang (October, 2004). Inker identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2006). Previously given as John Sikela in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1. Shuster touch-ups noted by Craig Delich (November, 2005). |
Reprinted | in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 |
Characters | The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jon Small |
Inks | Jon Small |
Characters | Zatara |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | William F. White |
Inks | William F. White |
Characters | Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Maurice del Burgo |
Inks | Maurice del Burgo |
Characters | The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter; the Nazis (villains) |
Genre | war; adventure |
Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve |
Inks | Louis Cazeneuve |
Characters | Johnny Everyman |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jack Schiff |
Pencils | John Daly |
Inks | John Daly |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. McFloy (prison physician); Killer Halsey (villain, death); Machine Gun Kale (villain, death); Lynx Larsen (villain, death); Mr. Mennekin (villain); Duke Welsh (villain, also disguised as Killer Halsey); Stoney Hix (villain, also disguised as Lynx Larsen); Turtle Krall (villain, also disguised as Machine Gun Kale); Batmobile |
Synopsis | The death and sudden "re-appearance" of three executed killers in a series of crime sprees baffles the Caped Crimefighters until a tell-tale clue leads them to the criminal behind the scheme. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Don Cameron |
Pencils | Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Inks | Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed); George Roussos (backgrounds) |
Colors | George Roussos ? |
Notes | Writer identification by Bob Hughes (November, 2004). |
Reprinted | in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 |