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Issue Details

Issue #72
Published September-October 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "Fort Crime"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Pencil/Ink credits on this cover are a matter of some debate. Agreement is that everything except the Superman/Batman and Robin characters are by Swan/Kaye. There is some doubt about the Superman/Batman and Robin characters as possibly being by Win Mortimer. Win Mortimer denies having any part of this cover in a conversation with Craig Delich, so if those are Win Mortimer figures they were most likely added by paste-ups from the production department and not drawn by Win Mortimer specifically for this cover. [Mike Nielsen - From a discussion on the GCD email list]
Reprinted in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Work Can Be Fun"

Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes inside front cover

12 page Superman and Batman story "Fort Crime"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Heavy-Weapons Gang; Batcave (cameo)
Synopsis Superman and Batman must find out who has been supplying weapons to the Heavy-Weapons Gang.
Genre superhero
Script Alvin Schwartz
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Klein/Reed and Archives incorrectly list Paris inks. Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1 lists Stan Kaye inks.
Reprinted in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #224 (July-August 1974); in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Supergram activity

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Wayne Boring Superman image incorporated into this puzzle page.

6 page Green Arrow story "The Flying Archers"

Characters Arrowplane
Synopsis When Oliver sprains his ankle, Green Arrow takes to the air.
Genre superhero
Script Ed Herron
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Green Arrow wears red hat.

1 page Batman Whirlyword Game activity "untitled"

2 page text article "Plumes of Peril"

Genre fact
Script Jack Miller
Letters typeset

6 page Tomahawk story "The Talons of Terror"

Characters Vs the Black Falcon, Dan Hunter
Genre western; period
Script Ed Herron
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy