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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published Winter 1945
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 84
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Charles Paris
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) #2 (2009)

13 page Superman story "Music For The Masses!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mr. Holloway (store floor walker); Jimmy Royce; Doris Dawson; Sue; George Cummings (music publisher); J. Wilbur Wolfingham (villain)
Synopsis A young unpublished songwriter heads for the big city in order to sell some of his snappy tunes, but no one agrees to give him a chance until Wilbur Wolfingham steps into the scene, and Superman has to take a hand to see that the young man is not fleeced, but given the opportunity to strut his stuff before a noted publisher.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron ? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks George Roussos ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Art credits by Bob Hughes (November, 2004). Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-8.
Reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

10 page Green Arrow story "Secret of the Vulnerable Vault"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Genre superhero
Pencils Maurice del Burgo
Inks Maurice del Burgo

8 page Zatara story "The Bursting Banks"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Pencils William F. White
Inks William F. White

11 page Boy Commandos story "The Good Nazis"

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

10 page Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy story "Fantastic Fans"

Characters Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes Writer credit by Bob Hughes (November, 2004)

8 page Johnny Everyman story "Pilots Are Where You Find Them"

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

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Mountaineers of Crime!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Minton; The McKees; the Chatfields; Dave (villain); Snuffy (villain); Burly (villain); Nocky Johnson (villain)
Synopsis Batman and Robin become involved in a deadly rivalry between two country families, instigated by a man who hoodwinked one of the clans to help steal lens-grinding machines and hold them for ransom.
Genre Superhero
Script Alvin Schwartz
Pencils Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Notes Writer credit confirmed by Alvin Schwartz in June, 2005 to Bob Hughes.
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1