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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published Summer 1943
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 92
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Cover vignettes: Superman (Ed Dobrotka); Star Spangled Kid (Hal Sherman); Green Arrow (Cliff Young); Batman (Dick Sprang & Norman Fallon), Boy Commandos (Joe Simon).

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Joe Simon ? (swipes)
Inks Joe Simon ? (swipes)
Letters typeset
Notes Cover vignettes: Superman (Ed Dobrotka); Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy (Hal Sherman); Green Arrow (Cliff Young); Batman and Robin (Dick Sprang & Norman Fallon), Boy Commandos (Joe Simon).
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 "The Insect Terror!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; The Insect Master (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis A new criminal succeeds in terrorizing Metropolis with hordes on insects, something he says will continue unless the citizens pay him tribute!
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Credits in World's Finest Archives are wrong. Art and writer identifications by Bob Hughes (November, 2004).
Reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

13 page The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy story "Meet Mister Gadget"

Characters The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Mister Gadget (vllain, introduction)
Genre superhero
Pencils Hal Sherman
Inks Hal Sherman

9 page Zatara story "The Man Who Made Miracles"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Pencils Joseph Sulman
Inks Joseph Sulman

12 page The Boy Commandos story "Message to Mermansk"

Characters The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter; the Nazis (villains)
Genre war; adventure
Script Joe Simon
Pencils Joe Simon
Inks Jack Kirby
Notes Credits revised by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Writer and penciller credits previously given as Joe Simon? & inker credit previously given to Jack Kirby?

4 page Super-Sleuth McFooey story

Characters Super-Sleuth McFooey
Genre humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes All credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-1-17.

4 page Martin of the Marines story "Bring 'em Back Alive"

Characters Sgt. Pat Martin
Genre war
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly

9 page The Green Arrow story "The Eye of Sheba!"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Joseph Vance; Big Max (villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Cliff Young
Inks Steve Brodie

4 page Drafty story "Among Their Souvenirs"

Characters Drafty
Genre military humor
Pencils Stan Kaye
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Batman and Robin story "Man With the Camera Eyes"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Henri Longvieux; Oliver Hunt (introduction); Dude Fay (villain, introduction); Bat-Plane (rogue imitation used by the villain); Bat-Plane
Synopsis Oliver Hunt is tired of being tabbed "The Man With the Camera Eyes," so he joins up with a known gang in Gotham City to help them commit crimes: as long as there is no murder or mayhem committed.
Genre Superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks George Roussos [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Colors George Roussos
Notes Colorist credit by Craig Delich (November, 2005).
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1