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Issue Details

Issue	#11
Published	Autumn 1943
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	92
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "Victory Garden"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Jack Burnley
Inks	Jack Burnley
Notes	Cover art verified to Craig Delich by Jack Burnley.
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 City of Hate!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Cameo: Jimmy Olsen; Ralph Denning (builder); Franklin Mallory (bank President); Dr. Morris Mowbray; Nicholas Finelli (philanthropist); The Skeptic [Charlie Frost] (villain, introduction, Daily Planet janitor, brother of late Professor Milton Frost)
Synopsis	A deranged lunatic tries to sabotage the Daily Planet by killing four people the newspaper has selected as "The Finest People in the City" through the use of his invention, "The Hate Gas".
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks	George Roussos [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes	Credits in Archives are wrong. Writer identification by Bob Hughes & verified by Craig Delich (November, 2005).
Reprinted	in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

11 page The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy story "The Land That Wasn't There"

Characters	The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Hal Sherman
Inks	Hal Sherman

4 page Drafty story "A Day In Africa"

Characters	Drafty; Tim
Genre	military humor
Pencils	Stan Kaye
Inks	Stan Kaye

9 page Zatara story "Coupons of Cutthroats"

Characters	Zatara
Genre	occult
Pencils	Joseph Sulman
Inks	Joseph Sulman

12 page The Boy Commandos story "Sand Dunes of Death"

Characters	The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter
Genre	war; adventure
Script	Joe Simon
Pencils	Joe Simon
Inks	Jack Kirby
Notes	Credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

8 page Flight Control Command story "The Man Who Came Back"

Genre	fact
Pencils	John Daly
Inks	John Daly

10 page The Green Arrow story "The Criminal Who Reversed Time"

Characters	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Cliff Young
Inks	Steve Brodie

12 page Batman and Robin story "A Thief In Time!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Rob Callender (villain, introduction); Bat-Plane
Synopsis	An obscure laboratory worker from the future creates a space time warp and arrives in Gotham City, bent on making himself a millionaire before he is drawn back into his own era.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks	Fred Ray [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Notes	Inker credit verified to Craig Delich by Jack Burnley and Fred Ray. Oddity: Callender invents a hand generator, which produces a light-absorbing ray that obscures an area in total blackness, much like Dr. Mid-Nite's blackout bomb.
Reprinted	in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1