| Issue | #1 |
| Published | [Spring] 1941 |
| Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
| Pages | 100 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth; Murray Boltinoff (assistant) |
| Notes | Book is titled World's Best for this first issue only. Published by World's Best Comics, Inc. Fillers and text stories added courtesy of Mike32wm. 2/09 |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Fred Ray |
| Inks | Fred Ray |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Book is titled World's Best for this first issue only. Published by World's Best Comics, Inc. Fillers and text stories added courtesy of Mike32wm (February, 2009). |
| Reprinted | in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1; in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 |
| Characters | Superman; Batman and Robin; Zatara; Johnny Thunder; Crimson Avenger; Red, White and Blue; Lando |
| Genre | superhero; occult; humor |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Individual head views by each feature's artist. |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; B. Drexel Rutherford; Rainmaker (villain, introduction, death) |
| Synopsis | A criminal scientist learns how to control the weather and uses his power for extortion, and he even nearly stops the Man of Tomorrow from interfering when he uses a paralysis gas on the Man of Steel. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | Don Komisarow ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Credits in World's Finest Archives are wrong. |
| Reprinted | in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 |
| Genre | fact |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
| Characters | Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue; Doris West |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Jerry Siegel ? |
| Pencils | Harry Lampert |
| Inks | Harry Lampert |
| Characters | Junior |
| Genre | children; humor |
| Pencils | Stan Aschmeir |
| Inks | Stan Aschmeir |
| Characters | Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis); Wing |
| Synopsis | The Crimson saves the Governor from a kidnapping attempt. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jack Lehti (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Lehti (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Letters | Charles Paris |
| Notes | Crimson wears a cape. Inker & letterer credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005). |
| Characters | Johnny Thunder; Thunderbolt; Mr. Darling; Mr. Katz |
| Synopsis | Johnny drives a truck for Daisy's father and has to deal with a rival trucking company trying to sabotage the business. |
| Genre | superhero; humor |
| Script | John B. Wentworth |
| Pencils | Stan Aschmeier |
| Inks | Stan Aschmeier |
| Notes | This is the super-hero character from Flash Comics. The Thunderbolt is yellow, but he talks. |
| Script | Arch O'Hara (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Ray (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Ray (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Doc Davis |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff ? |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-17. |
| Characters | Zatara; The Menace (villain) |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Joseph Sulman (signed) |
| Inks | Joseph Sulman (signed) |
| Genre | fact |
| Characters | Drafty |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Ed Moore ? |
| Pencils | Ed Moore (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Moore (signed) |
| Letters | Ed Moore ? |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-17. |
| Characters | The King; the Witch (villain) |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Harry Lampert (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Lampert (signed) |
| Letters | Harry Lampert |
| Notes | Letterer credit verified by Lampert and added by Craig Delich (November, 2005). |
| Reprinted | In World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #210 (March 1972) |
| Characters | Dinky |
| Genre | children; humor |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
| Characters | Punch Parker |
| Genre | detective |
| Pencils | Don Cameron? Ed Winiarski? Paul Norris? (see Notes) |
| Notes | Possible credits provided by Craig Delich and Jerry Bails. The inker for this issue's story is different from that found in World's Finest #2's story. |
| Script | George Shute (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Lando |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Howard Purcell ? |
| Pencils | Howard Purcell (signed) |
| Inks | Howard Purcell (signed) |
| Characters | The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Erik Dorne (introduction, death); Joshua Grimm (introduction); Melissa Brunt (introduction); Jane Ware (introduction); The Witch [Mr. Wright] (villain, introduction) |
| Synopsis | The Batman and Robin must track down The Witch, a mysterious figure responsible for the murder of Erik Dorne and the theft of a manuscript he wrote. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Bob Kane |
| Inks | Bob Kane; George Roussos (backgrounds) |
| Letters | George Roussos |
| Reprinted | in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #254 (January-February 1974); in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1; in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #12/1974 |
| Characters | Superman; Batman; Robin; Zatara; Johnny Thunder; The Crimson Avenger; Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue; Lando |
| Synopsis | Proudly presenting a star-studded collection of the world's best comics. |
| Genre | superhero; occult; humor |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover. |