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Issue Details

Issue #28
Published May-June 1947
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]; One Round Riley
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 "Superman's Super-Self!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (villain); Biff (villain); Hike (villain)
Synopsis In a bizarre battle, even against a statue of himself, the Man of Tomorrow must overcome Lex Luthor's "Ray of Life," which gives life to inanimate objects, which are then used by the arch villain to do his bidding.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron ? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Stan Kaye ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Writer credit by Bob Hughes (November, 2004).
Reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 (2009)

10 page Green Arrow story "Case of the Crooked Champs!"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Chief Webber (introduction); Arrow Signal (introduction); Fixer (villain); Sluggo (villain)
Genre superhero
Script France Herron
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Writer credit by Bob Hughes (November, 2004), confirmed by Craig Delich (December, 2004).

11 page The Boy Commandos story "School For Acrobats"

Characters The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Curt Swan ?
Inks George Klein ?
Notes Credits by Craig Delich (May, 2004).

7 page Zatara story "Postage Stamp Plunder"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script Joe Samachson ?
Pencils William F. White
Inks William F. White
Notes Writer id by Bob Hughes.

8 page Johnny Everyman story "Each One Teach One"

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

13 page Batman and Robin story "Crime Under Glass!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Horace Manders (introduction, death); Jack Briggs (introduction, death); Arnold Strong (introduction, death); Mr. Morton (introduction); Ed Stone; George Stevens (introduction); the Glass Man [Judson] (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis Batman and Robin face a maniac that uses glass minatures to kill.
Genre Superhero
Script Bill Finger ?
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Ray Burnley
Notes Writer credit by Bob Hughes, art credits by Craig Delich (May, 2004).
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004)