Issue Details

Issue	#144
Published	September 1964
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The 1,001 Tricks of Clayface and Brainiac"

Characters	Clayface [Matt Hagen]; Brainiac; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Notes	1st WF cover ever not to have Robin on it!
Reprinted	In Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #2

17 page Superman and Batman story "The 1,000 Tricks of Clayface and Brainiac!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Clayface [Matt Hagen]; Brainiac; Jimmy Olsen; Green Kryptonite
Synopsis	Braniac and Clayface team up against Superman and Batman. Robin works with Superman and Jimmy Olsen works with Batman.
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Notes	Batman reveals ID to Jimmy
Reprinted	In Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #2

Half page text story "How Superman and Batman Learned Each Other's Secret Identities"

Script	E. Nelson Bridwell?
Letters	typeset

8 page Aquaman story "The Manhunt On Land!"

Characters	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; "Shark" Norton; The Wizard [Horace Kates]; Topo
Synopsis	The Shark and The Wizard excape from jail. The Shark decides to operate on land but Aquaman captures him anyway.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Ramona Fradon
Inks	Ramona Fradon
Notes	Part 1 of story, continued in Green Arrow story "The Underwater Archers" in the next issue.
Reprinted	from Adventure Comics (DC 1938 series) #267 (December 1959)

1 page Cape and Cowl Comments letters page

Script	David Johnson; Greg Nieman; Richard Leonetti; Tommy Maniscalco; Ann Peek
Letters	typeset
Notes	first letter column with title.

1 page Ollie filler

Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff