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WORLD'S BEST COMICS #1
Cover Date: 1941
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1941-02-10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Rainmaker (first appearance; an extortionist who built a machine to control rainfall; dies)
Comment(s):
- Wayne Boring and an unknown inker (Don Komisarow ?) credited as Joe Shuster.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2004)
Credits:
| Art | Harry Lampert |
| Lettering | Harry Lampert |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Red, White and Blue:
- Red Dugan (between All-American Comics #25/6 and #26/7)
- Whitey Smith (between All-American Comics #25/6 and #26/7)
- Blooey Blue (has a nightmare about abducting a new tank; between All-American Comics #25/6 and #26/7)
- Doris West (between All-American Comics #25/6 and #27/7)
Credits:
| Story | Jack Lehti |
| Pencils | Jack Lehti |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Crimson Avenger (wears a cape on his costume; between Detective Comics #50/2 and Detective Comics #51/2)
- Wing (between Detective Comics #48/3 and Detective Comics #52)
Villain(s):
- assassins (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Ambassador of Bolivinia (first appearance)
- The Governor (first appearance)
Credits:
| Story | John B. Wentworth |
| Art | Stan Aschmeyer |
| Lettering | Stan Aschmeyer |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Johnny Thunder (between Flash Comics #16/2 and #17/2; driving a truck for Herman Darling)
Supporting Character(s):
- Thunderbolt (between Flash Comics #16/2 and #17/2; yellow with human head and hands, also nearly humanoid form)
- Herman Darling
Villain(s):
- Leaps & Bounds Trucking Company (first appearance for all; tries to steal the trucking contract)
Other Character(s):
- Homer Legion (first appearance; Johnny's helper on the truck)
Credits:
| Story | Henry Boltinoff |
| Art | Henry Boltinoff |
| Lettering | Henry Boltinoff |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Mac (an ambulance driver)
Villain(s):
- Arak (first appearance; head of a tong that steals narcotics)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Joseph Sulman |
| Lettering | Joseph Sulman |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Zatara (between Action Comics #34/6 and #35/6)
Villain(s):
- The Menace (John West; first appearance; secretly runs a gang)
Location(s):
- Carson City, NV
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Harry Lampert |
| Lettering | Harry Lampert |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- King (between Flash Comics #16/5 and #17/5)
Villain(s):
- Witch (last in Flash Comics #15/5; next in World's Finest Comics #2/7
Other Character(s):
- Herb Harper (first appearance; a private detective)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Art | Howard Purcell |
| Lettering | Howard Purcell |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Mr. Rossi (first appearance; crooked hotel owner)
- General Hong (first appearance; an oriental dictator who wanted to take over the US)
Other Character(s):
- Micki (first appearance)
Location(s):
- Neva (first appearance; a small mining community in the Rocky Mountains near the Canadian border)
Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Bob Kane |
| Inks | Bob Kane, George Roussos |
| Lettering | George Roussos |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are Earth-Two.
- This story is not fully indexed at this time.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman Vol. 1 #254/2 (January-February 1974)
- Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2002)
Synopsis: