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Issue Details

Issue #26
Published January-February 1947
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 76
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Inker id by Craig Delich 12/04.

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Charles Paris
Letters typeset
Notes Inker identification by Craig Delich (December, 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)

12 page Superman story "The Confessions of Superman"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Lois Lane; Benny Call; The Prankster (villain, cameo); Mr. Mxyztplk (villain, cameo); Lex Luthor (villain, cameo); Meadows (villain, Call's butler)
Synopsis The publisher of Ace Publishing Company offers Superman $50,000 for charity if he will write his autobiography, but when Lois delivers the 125,000 manuscript, the publisher rejects it as far fetched and a pack of lies.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel ? (signed)
Pencils John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Stan Kaye [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Writer identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2004) and art identifications by Craig Delich (December, 2004).
Reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

8 page Zatara story "Magic by Proxy"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script George Kashdan
Pencils William F. White
Inks William F. White

12 page The Boy Commandos story "Land Beyond the Sky"

Characters Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Curt Swan ?

8 page Johnny Everyman story "The Spirit of '46"

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

10 page Green Arrow story "The Human Fly Crimes"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; the Hye Brothers (villains, introduction)
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

12 page Batman and Robin story "His Highness, Prince Robin!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Prince Stefan (introduction); Count Lasha (introduction); Baron Ferric (villain, introduction); Sparks Farrell (villain, introduction); Bat-Plane
Synopsis When the life of a Prince is at stake, Dick Grayson (who looks identical to the Prince) steps into the role of the Prince. But Batman wishes that the Prince had not stepped into the role of Robin!
Genre Superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004)