Issue | #10 |
Published | Summer 1943 |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 92 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual) |
Notes | Cover vignettes: Superman (Ed Dobrotka); Star Spangled Kid (Hal Sherman); Green Arrow (Cliff Young); Batman (Dick Sprang & Norman Fallon), Boy Commandos (Joe Simon). |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Joe Simon ? (swipes) |
Inks | Joe Simon ? (swipes) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Cover vignettes: Superman (Ed Dobrotka); Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy (Hal Sherman); Green Arrow (Cliff Young); Batman and Robin (Dick Sprang & Norman Fallon), Boy Commandos (Joe Simon). |
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 [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; The Insect Master (villain, introduction, death) |
Synopsis | A new criminal succeeds in terrorizing Metropolis with hordes on insects, something he says will continue unless the citizens pay him tribute! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
Pencils | Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Inks | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Notes | Credits in World's Finest Archives are wrong. Art and writer identifications by Bob Hughes (November, 2004). |
Reprinted | in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 |
Characters | The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Mister Gadget (vllain, introduction) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Hal Sherman |
Inks | Hal Sherman |
Characters | Zatara |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Joseph Sulman |
Inks | Joseph Sulman |
Characters | The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn (aka Dan Turpin); Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter; the Nazis (villains) |
Genre | war; adventure |
Script | Joe Simon |
Pencils | Joe Simon |
Inks | Jack Kirby |
Notes | Credits revised by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Writer and penciller credits previously given as Joe Simon? & inker credit previously given to Jack Kirby? |
Characters | Super-Sleuth McFooey |
Genre | humor |
Script | Jack Farr |
Pencils | Jack Farr |
Inks | Jack Farr |
Letters | Jack Farr |
Notes | All credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-1-17. |
Characters | Sgt. Pat Martin |
Genre | war |
Pencils | John Daly |
Inks | John Daly |
Characters | Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Joseph Vance; Big Max (villain) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Cliff Young |
Inks | Steve Brodie |
Characters | Drafty |
Genre | military humor |
Pencils | Stan Kaye |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Henri Longvieux; Oliver Hunt (introduction); Dude Fay (villain, introduction); Bat-Plane (rogue imitation used by the villain); Bat-Plane |
Synopsis | Oliver Hunt is tired of being tabbed "The Man With the Camera Eyes," so he joins up with a known gang in Gotham City to help them commit crimes: as long as there is no murder or mayhem committed. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Inks | George Roussos [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Colors | George Roussos |
Notes | Colorist credit by Craig Delich (November, 2005). |
Reprinted | in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 |