Issue | #23 |
Published | July-August 1946 |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 76 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual) |
Notes | Credits by Craig Delich 5/04. |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Jack Burnley |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Notes | Credits by Craig Delich (May, 2004). |
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) |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen (?); Frank Bushwick; Coleman Lacy; Mary Dashiell; Ray Morris; Arthur Wingham; Gerald Keene |
Synopsis | A group of former silent screen stars sink every penny of their fortunes into re-creating two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in order to gain publicity, all in hopes of reviving their careers. But when they are destroyed in a rainstorm, only Superman can save the day and bring their dreams into fruition. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Don Cameron ? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed) |
Pencils | Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Inks | Stan Kaye ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Notes | Credits by Bob Hughes (November, 2004). |
Reprinted | in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009) |
Characters | Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | George Papp (signed) |
Inks | George Papp (signed) |
Characters | Zatara |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | William F. White (signed) |
Inks | William F. White (signed) |
Characters | Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter |
Genre | war; adventure |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Steve Brodie |
Notes | Curt Swan verified art credits to Craig Delich. |
Characters | Johnny Everyman |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jack Schiff |
Pencils | John Daly |
Inks | John Daly |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Hugh Ross (introduction); Robert Batson (introduction); John Ross (introduction); Frogskin (villain, introduction); Goldplate Gorney (villain, introduction); Scat (villain, introduction); Hammer (villain, introduction) |
Synopsis | High-powered crook Goldplate Gorney figures that Robin the Boy Wonder knows Batman's identity, and he must be a high school athlete. So he decides to stakeout a big track meet to see which athlete wins the meet, who, therefore, MUST be Robin the Boy Wonder! |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | William Woolfolk ? |
Pencils | Winslow Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed as Win)) |
Inks | Winslow Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed as Win)) |
Notes | Writer identification by Bob Hughes (November, 2004). Mortimer signed as Win on Page 3, panel 3, on the microphone. |
Reprinted | in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004) |