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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published Summer 1944
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 84
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks 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

12 page Superman story "Desert Town!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jim Jaspers (prospector); James Hibbard (chemical manufacturer); Miss Sparkes; Al Bandar (villain); Ike (villain)
Synopsis Jim Jaspers wants to keep his town in Painted Valley a ghost town, but when criminals invade his domain (having kidnapped Lois and stolen a valuable ruby back in Metropolis) and discover his mother lode of gold, Superman has to enter the picture.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel ? (signed)
Pencils Joe Shuster (signed); Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks George Roussos [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Credits in Archives are wrong. Writer identification by Bob Hughes.
Reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

11 page The Green Arrow story "High Finance"

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

4 page Drafty story "Special Delivery"

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

10 page The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy story "Thuggery In The Theatre"

Characters The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
Genre superhero
Pencils Cliff Young
Inks Steve Brodie
Notes Revised art credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Credit previously given to Hal Sherman.

1 page Superman public service announcement "Superman in Waste Paper"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

12 page The Boy Commandos story "Task Force To Tokyo"

Characters The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Jack Kirby ? (layouts); Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve
Notes Probably illustrated from Jack Kirby layouts according to Jerry Bails.

8 page Zatara story "The History of the Harried"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Pencils William F. White
Inks William F. White

12 page Batman and Robin story "Salvage Scavengers!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Chipps (introduction, fisherman); Captain Moss (introduction); Jib Buckler (villain, introduction, death); Batmobile (mentioned, not seen); Bat-Plane
Synopsis Mysterious boat sinkings and explosions, used to cover those explosions, lead the Dynamic Duo into a case involving deep sea salvaging.
Genre Superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks George Roussos [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1