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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published Autumn 1945
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 76
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Burnley credit verified from original art by Craig Delich. Revised inker credit by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker previously given as Fred Ray.

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang; Jack Burnley (Superman figure only)
Inks Dick Sprang; Jack Burnley (Superman figure only)
Letters typeset
Notes Burnley credit verified from original art by Craig Delich. Revised inker credit by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Inker previously given as Fred Ray.
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004); in Superman: The World's Finest Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

12 page Superman story "The Battle of the Zodiac!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Apollo; Orion; Neptune; Jupiter; Aba Raja (villain)
Synopsis Superman confronts an astrologer that is conning people into believing they could become rich by using the powers of the ancients, then got those people to entrust all of their money to him.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

10 page Green Arrow story "Bridges For Bandits"

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

8 page Zatara story "Magic, Many Miles Away"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils William F. White (signed)
Inks William F. White (signed)

12 page The Boy Commandos story "Casey of the K9s"

Characters Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter
Genre war; adventure
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve

8 page Johnny Everyman story "Men of Good Will"

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

12 page Batman and Robin story "The League For Larceny!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Beagle; The Joker (villain); The Velvet Kid (villain); Biff (villain); Pinky (villain)
Synopsis The Joker, after escaping from prison, decides on a new plan of gaining riches: to use a "reformed" criminal to pave the way to loot the homes of the rich and gain control of a crime reform committee and its funds.
Genre Superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Ray Burnley
Notes Credits by Craig Delich (May, 2004).
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004)