Issue | #14 |
Published | Summer 1944 |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 84 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual) |
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 |
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 |
Characters | The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Cliff Young |
Inks | Steve Brodie |
Characters | Drafty; Tim |
Genre | humor; military |
Pencils | Stan Kaye |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
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. |
Characters | Superman |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | John Sikela |
Inks | John Sikela |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich (November, 2005). |
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. |
Characters | Zatara |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | William F. White |
Inks | William F. White |
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 |