Issue Details

Issue	#20
Published	Winter 1946
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	76
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
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 Toyman: Super-Scientist!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Inspector Kerrigan; Professor Vining; The Toyman (villain)
Synopsis	Superman must retrieve a super secret invention, the human wavelength detector, from the clutches of the Toyman, but finds it a challenge as the villain has set the machine to pick up the electrical vibrations of the Man of Tomorrow.
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils	Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks	Stan Kaye ?
Notes	Inker identification by Bob Hughes (November, 2004).
Reprinted	in Superman: The World's Finest Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

10 page Green Arrow story "Larceny Without Loot"

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 "Money Talks"

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

12 page The Boy Commandos story "Brooklyn Botches the Bakas"

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

3 page story "Foxhole Sailor: A True Adventure of the Fighting Coast Guard"

Genre	fact
Script	Joe Simon
Pencils	Joe Simon
Inks	Joe Simon

8 page Johnny Everyman story "George Tunuku, American"

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

12 page Batman and Robin story "King of Coins!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Coin King [Lew Cronin, aka Mark Medalion] (villain, introduction); Lucky Smith (villain, introduction)
Synopsis	Batman and Robin soon see through a scheme by a wheel-chair bound coin dealer to provide "sure-fire" treasure maps to people in return for half the loot!
Genre	Superhero
Script	Don Cameron
Pencils	Winslow Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks	Winslow Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Reprinted	in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004)