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Issue Details

Issue #21
Published March-April 1946
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 76
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
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004); in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

12 page Superman story "The Plane of Tomorrow"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Bill Minton; Mr. Nicholson; Loops Logan (villain); Tommy (villain)
Synopsis Superman helps out a friend of Lois Lane who has invented a new jet plane that will revolutionize air transport.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks George Roussos ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Inker identification by Bob Hughes (November, 2004).
Reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

10 page Green Arrow story "The Arrow of Doom"

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

1 page none story "Postwar Casualty"

Genre war
Script Joe Simon?
Pencils Joe Simon?
Inks Joe Simon?

8 page Zatara story "Poison for Plunderers"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils William F. White (signed)
Inks William F. White (signed)

12 page The Boy Commandos story "Brooklyn and Columbus Discover America"

Characters Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter
Genre war; adventure
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Notes Inker identification by Curt Swan to Craig Delich.

8 page Johnny Everyman story "Home is Everywhere"

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

12 page Batman and Robin story "Crime's Cameraman!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Siddon (introduction); The Camera Scoops Club; Sam Garth (villain); Batmobile
Synopsis Dick Grayson, trying to become a member of the prestigeous "Camera Scoops Club", is told that he can become a member IF he can get a picture of Batman and Robin in action against crooks.
Genre Superhero
Script Don Cameron ?
Pencils Winslow Mortimer (signed)
Inks Winslow Mortimer (signed)
Notes Writer identification by Bob Hughes (November, 2004). Mortimer signed his name on street sign on Page 10, Panel 3.
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004)