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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published Summer 1942
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 100
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1; in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

13 page Superman story "Man of Steel Versus Man of Metal"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Metalo (villain, introduction, unnamed scientist-inventor)
Synopsis Superman meets Metalo, a scientist who has super strength and a metal suit, who has been committing the crimes that were blamed on the Man of Steel.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Credits in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives are wrong.
Reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

9 page Zatara story "Mystery of the Cat's Eye Spell"

Characters Zatara; Tong
Genre occult
Script Gardner F. Fox ?
Pencils Joseph Sulman (signed)
Inks Joseph Sulman (signed)

4 page Drafty #158 story "The Adventure of the Hungry Lion"

Characters Drafty
Genre military humor
Script Ed Moore ?
Pencils Ed Moore (signed)
Inks Ed Moore (signed)
Letters Ed Moore ?
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-20.

10 page The Sandman story "The Adventure of the Magic Forest"

Characters The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Mr. and Nora Tucker; Toby Tucker; The Nightshade (villain, introduction, death); Chunky Harris (villain, death)
Synopsis The Sandman and Sandy face the dire threat of a new villain who promises felons perfect crimes and a perfect hiding place in his Magic Forest in exchange for some of their loot.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Simon (signed)
Letters Howard Ferguson
Notes Sandman is now clothed in his later yellow and purple costume. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2009-12-7.
Reprinted in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #9 (August-September 1973); in Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2009 series) #nn

10 page The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy story "The Adventure of the King of Escape"

Characters The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; the Eel (villain, introduction)
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Hal Sherman (signed)
Inks Hal Sherman (signed)

8 page Red, White and Blue story "The Case of the Little Fuehrer"

Characters Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue; Doris West
Genre adventure
Script Jerry Siegel ?
Pencils Harry Lampert
Inks Harry Lampert

10 page Aquaman story "The Zoo of the Deep"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]
Genre superhero
Script Mort Weisinger ?
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Paul Norris

8 page Lando, Man of Magic story "The Black Gold Touch"

Characters Lando
Genre occult
Pencils Mike Suchorsky
Inks Mike Suchorsky

13 page Batman and Robin story "The Secret of Bruce Wayne!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mark Loring (introduction, death); Mr. Rand; Mr. Wicks; Scoop Scanlon; Joker (villain, cameo); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain, cameo); Cat-Woman [aka Catwoman, Selina Kyle] (villain, cameo); Ape (villain); Mr. Graves (villain, introduction)
Synopsis The editor of Vue Magazine offers a raise in salary to his top reporter IF he can discover just WHO is behind the mask of the Batman!
Genre Superhero
Script Joe Greene
Pencils Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed); George Roussos (backgrounds)
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1; in Batman and Me (Eclipse Books)