Issue Details

Issue	#21
Published	March-April 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 Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

12 page Superman story "The Plane of Tomorrow"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Bill Minton; Mr. Nicholson; Loops Logan (villain); Tommy (villain)
Synopsis	Superman helps out a friend of Lois Lane who has invented a new jet plane that will revolutionize air transport.
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Samachson [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils	Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks	George Roussos ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes	Inker identification by Bob Hughes (November, 2004).
Reprinted	in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

10 page Green Arrow story "The Arrow of Doom"

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

1 page none story "Postwar Casualty"

Genre	war
Script	Joe Simon?
Pencils	Joe Simon?
Inks	Joe Simon?

8 page Zatara story "Poison for Plunderers"

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

12 page The Boy Commandos story "Brooklyn and Columbus Discover America"

Characters	Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter
Genre	war; adventure
Script	Jack Kirby
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Notes	Inker identification by Curt Swan to Craig Delich.

8 page Johnny Everyman story "Home is Everywhere"

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

12 page Batman and Robin story "Crime's Cameraman!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Siddon (introduction); The Camera Scoops Club; Sam Garth (villain); Batmobile
Synopsis	Dick Grayson, trying to become a member of the prestigeous "Camera Scoops Club", is told that he can become a member IF he can get a picture of Batman and Robin in action against crooks.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Don Cameron ?
Pencils	Winslow Mortimer (signed)
Inks	Winslow Mortimer (signed)
Notes	Writer identification by Bob Hughes (November, 2004). Mortimer signed his name on street sign on Page 10, Panel 3.
Reprinted	in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004)