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Issue Details

Issue #15
Published Autumn 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
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

12 page Superman story "The Rubber Band"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Ben Stanger; Derby Bowser (villain, death); Johnny (villain); Crusher (villain)
Synopsis After Derby Bowser is released from prison, his car suffers two blown out tires, which gives him an idea for a new racket: steal new tires from government shipments and sell them on the black market!
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel ? (signed)
Pencils Jon Small ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks George Roussos ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed); Joe Shuster (touch-ups) (signed)
Notes Pencil identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2006). Previously identified as George Roussos by Pat Lang (October, 2004). Inker identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2006). Previously given as John Sikela in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1. Shuster touch-ups noted by Craig Delich (November, 2005).
Reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

10 page The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy story "Shelter For Shenanigans"

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

8 page Zatara story "Too Hot To Handle"

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

11 page The Green Arrow story "Respectable Burglars"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Genre superhero
Pencils Maurice del Burgo
Inks Maurice del Burgo

12 page The Boy Commandos story "Iss Ve Not Der Supermen?"

Characters The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter; the Nazis (villains)
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve

8 page Johnny Everyman story "The Camera of Mei-Lan"

Characters Johnny Everyman
Genre adventure
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Men Who Died Twice!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. McFloy (prison physician); Killer Halsey (villain, death); Machine Gun Kale (villain, death); Lynx Larsen (villain, death); Mr. Mennekin (villain); Duke Welsh (villain, also disguised as Killer Halsey); Stoney Hix (villain, also disguised as Lynx Larsen); Turtle Krall (villain, also disguised as Machine Gun Kale); Batmobile
Synopsis The death and sudden "re-appearance" of three executed killers in a series of crime sprees baffles the Caped Crimefighters until a tell-tale clue leads them to the criminal behind the scheme.
Genre Superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed); George Roussos (backgrounds)
Colors George Roussos ?
Notes Writer identification by Bob Hughes (November, 2004).
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1