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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #12
Cover Date: Winter 1943-4
Cover Price: $.15
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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley
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Credits:
| Story | Don Cameron |
| Pencils | Ira Yarbrough |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Tornadi, Pig-Eye and Baby-Face (first appearance for all; criminals who decide to work for the Lynx)
Other Character(s):
- Lynx (Lester Link; first appearance; a girdle factory clerk who decides to become a crime boss for excitement, but ends up turning in the crooks that work for him)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Cameron, Yarbrough and Roussos credited as Siegel and Shuster.
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2004)
Credits:
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (last in Leading Comics #9; next in Star Spangled Comics #29/2)
- Stripesy (last in Leading Comics #9; next in Star Spangled Comics #29/2)
Villain(s):
- Crooks (first appearance; use a frat house as a hideout)
Location(s):
- State College (first appearance)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place over several weeks in the fall.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Zatara (between Action Comics #68 and #69/5)
Villain(s):
- Silent and his gang (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Bobbie (first appearance; meets a brownie)
- A brownie and other forest creatures (first appearance for all)
Credits:
| Story | Jack Kirby, Joe Simon |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Lettering | Howard Ferguson |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Boy Commandos:
- Captain Rip Carter (last in Detective Comics #82; next in Boy Commandos #5)
- Brooklyn (last in Detective Comics #82; next in Boy Commandos #5)
- Andre Chavard (last in Detective Comics #82; next in Boy Commandos #5)
- Jan Haasan (last in Detective Comics #82; next in Boy Commandos #5)
- Alfy Twidgett (last in Detective Comics #82; next in Boy Commandos #5)
Villain(s):
- Adolf Hitler
- Nazis (many die)
Location(s):
- Switzerland
- Germany
Credits:
| Pencils | Cliff Young |
| Inks | Steve Brody |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Green Arrow (last in Leading Comics #9; next in More Fun Comics #95)
- Speedy (last in Leading Comics #9; next in More Fun Comics #95)
Villain(s):
- Snaith and his gang (first appearance for all; uses chemicals to cause expensive clothes to unravel; all but Snaith die)
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Art | Dick Sprang |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Slick Swade (first appearance; an extortionist who shakes down other criminals)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
- Bill Finger and Dick Sprang credited as Bob Kane.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2002)