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Issue Details

Issue #32
Published January-February 1948
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 Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer
Notes Mortimer verified art to Craig Delich.
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 Batman and Robin story "The Man Who Could Not Die!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Swami Elhamid (introduction); Lucky Starr [Joe Starr] (villain, introduction); Trigger (villain, introduction, death); Peteman Eddie (villain, introduction)
Synopsis When Lucky Starr visits a swami, he is told that he was born under a lucky star and he will get a sign from the future. He does: a newspaper published one year in the future that tells when he dies, so Lucky decides to shoot the works and become Public Enemy Number One!
Genre Superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Ray Burnley
Notes Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn.
Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 (2004)

10 page Green Arrow story "The Case of the Camera Crimes"

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

7 page Zatara story "The Bandits and Books"

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

1 page Bebe filler "new sled...new doll...new party dress"

Characters Bebe
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

Half page Piffle filler "The Rough Rider"

Characters Piffle
Genre humor
Script Phil Berube (signed)
Pencils Phil Berube (signed)
Inks Phil Berube (signed)
Letters Phil Berube
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-1-29.

13 page The Boy Commandos story "The Killer with the Golden Voice"

Characters The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Joe Simon ?
Inks Steve Brodie ?
Notes Credits by Craig Delich (June, 2004).

1 page Daffy & Doodle filler "Toy Periscope"

Characters Daffy; Doodle
Genre humor
Script ? [as Lit-Win] (signed)
Pencils ? [asLit-Win] (signed)
Inks ? [as Lit-Win] (signed)
Notes Lit-Win is a pen-name. Jack Burnley reported seeing him all the time in the DC offices, but couldn't remember his true name.

2 page none text story "Shine 'Em Up"

Genre adventure
Script Art Long (signed)
Letters typeset

4 page Three-Ring Binks story "The Heel and Toe Juggler"

Characters Three-Ring Binks
Genre humor
Script Jack Farr (signed)
Pencils Jack Farr (signed)
Inks Jack Farr (signed)
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-1-29.

13 page Superman story "The Seventh Wonder of the World"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Ali; Mä-Kläk (General of the King's soldiers); King Cheops; General Isen-Ho; Jo-Milla (court scribe); Na-Tse (villain, a high priest, dies)
Synopsis On a way back from a case, Superman stops over in Egypt to admire the pyramids and is swept back into time by way of a time bridge to aid the forces of King Cheops against an evil high priest AND to actually build one of the pyramids!
Genre superhero
Script 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)