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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published July-August 1946
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 76
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Credits by Craig Delich 5/04.

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Credits by Craig Delich (May, 2004).
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 Colossus of Metropolis"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen (?); Frank Bushwick; Coleman Lacy; Mary Dashiell; Ray Morris; Arthur Wingham; Gerald Keene
Synopsis A group of former silent screen stars sink every penny of their fortunes into re-creating two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in order to gain publicity, all in hopes of reviving their careers. But when they are destroyed in a rainstorm, only Superman can save the day and bring their dreams into fruition.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron ? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Stan Kaye ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Credits 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 Radar Runners"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp (signed)
Inks George Papp (signed)

8 page Zatara story "Who's Zoo?"

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

12 page The Boy Commandos story "The Secret of the Seven"

Characters Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Steve Brodie
Notes Curt Swan verified art credits to Craig Delich.

8 page Johnny Everyman story "Room For Improvement"

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

12 page Batman and Robin story "Champions Don't Brag!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Hugh Ross (introduction); Robert Batson (introduction); John Ross (introduction); Frogskin (villain, introduction); Goldplate Gorney (villain, introduction); Scat (villain, introduction); Hammer (villain, introduction)
Synopsis High-powered crook Goldplate Gorney figures that Robin the Boy Wonder knows Batman's identity, and he must be a high school athlete. So he decides to stakeout a big track meet to see which athlete wins the meet, who, therefore, MUST be Robin the Boy Wonder!
Genre Superhero
Script William Woolfolk ?
Pencils Winslow Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed as Win))
Inks Winslow Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed as Win))
Notes Writer identification by Bob Hughes (November, 2004). Mortimer signed as Win on Page 3, panel 3, on the microphone.
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004)