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Issue Details

Issue #18
Published Summer 1945
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 Charles Paris
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004); in Superman: The World's Finest Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

12 page Superman story "The Junior Reporters"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Tommy Blake; Pete Blake (villain, Tommy's brother); Harvey Stratton (villain)
Synopsis Young newsboy Tommy Blake wants to enter the Planet's contest, "Reporter For a Day", but soon learns that his brother is involved in distributing counterfeit ration books. Superman has to step in and help Tommy write the story of his life, which earns him a spot as reporter on the Daily Planet!
Genre superhero
Script Alvin Schwartz [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Credits by Craig Delich (May, 2004).
Reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

9 page The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy story "False Paradise For Felons"

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

8 page Zatara story "The Toys That Live"

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

10 page The Boy Commandos story "Lord Alfred of Upson Downs"

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

10 page Green Arrow story "Remote Control Robbery"

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

8 page Johnny Everyman story "The Secret of Ohain"

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

13 page Batman and Robin story "Specialists in Crime!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor L. M. Brane (villain, introduction); Thimble (villain); Batmobile
Synopsis Batman and Robin face a new twist on crime: a man who hires only specialists in crime to carry out his plans.
Genre Superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks Norman Fallon [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Notes Credits by Craig Delich (May, 2004). Robin uses a new weapon against crime called the Batpoon in this story.
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004)