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Issue Details

Issue #94
Published May-June 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff (Batman figure)
Inks Stan Kaye; Sheldon Moldoff (Batman figure)
Notes Art corrections by Craig Delich 1/05.
Reprinted in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1

12 page Superman and Batman story "Origin of the Superman Batman Team"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lex Luthor; kryptonite; Powerman (Introduction)
Synopsis When Luthor develops a liquid kryptonite gun, Superman replaces Batman with a new partner, Powerman. Batman reminisces about their first team-up.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Origin of the Superman-Batman Team.
Reprinted in Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961); in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #179 (October 1968); in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #229 (April 1975); in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #19 (Fall 1979); in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1988 series) #nn [1]; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn [1]; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (Warner Books, 1989 series) #nn; in Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #1 (1998); in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2; in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #1/1992; in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #2/1970; in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 Series) #1/1981; in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1

2 page Doctor Rocket filler "How do you do, Senators"

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Tomahawk story "The Frontier Census-Taker"

Characters Dan Hunter
Genre western; period
Script Dave Wood?
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes 1/05

2 page text article "Look Back At Bowling"

Letters typeset

2 page filler "The Taming of the Wild Bunch"

Genre western
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks John Belfi
Notes credits by Craig Delich 1/05
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #175 (September 1951)

6 page Green Arrow story "The Rocket Raiders"

Characters Rocket Raiders (intro), Arrowplane
Genre superhero
Script Ed Herron?
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Writer id by Bob Hughes 1/05; Green Arrow has green hat.

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "That Deep, Dark Secret"

Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Reprinted from 7/52 issues.