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Credits:
Story | Jerry Siegel |
Art | Leo Nowak |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Dan Bransom (first appearance; a fraudulent crusuader trying to get transit system changed to his buses)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Leo Nowak credited as Joe Shuster.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2004)
Credits:
Story | Gardner Fox |
Art | Joseph Sulman |
Lettering | Joseph Sulman |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Zatara (between Action Comics #44/6 and #45/6)
Villain(s):
- Frenchy Pete (first appearance; a gangster trying to muscle in on New Orleans government)
Location(s):
- New Orleans, LA
Comment(s):
- Even though this story is stated to take place during Mardi Gras, it is probably another winter festival occurring in late 1941.
Credits:
Art | Harry Lampert |
Lettering | Harry Lampert |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Red, White and Blue
- Red Dugan
- Whitey Smith
- Blooey Blue
- Doris West (between All-American Comics #34/2 and #35/5)
Villain(s):
- foreign spies (first appearance for all; trains buzzards to fly into planes; all die)
Credits:
Story | Jack Lehti |
Pencils | Paul Norris |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Lettering | Charles Paris |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Crimson Avenger (last in Detective Comics #59/2; next in Leading Comics #1)
- Wing (last in Detective Comics #59/2; next in Leading Comics #1)
Villain(s):
- Methuselah (Kent Carver; first appearance; swindles old rich men into turning young temporarily; accidentally aged to be elderly; see Comments)
Other Character(s):
- Phineas Carver (first appearance; an elderly rich man who is swindled by his nephew)
Comment(s):
- Carver's ray is similar to the one used by the (Golden) Skull in Leading Comics #5.
Credits:
Story | Henry Boltinoff |
Art | Henry Boltinoff |
Lettering | Henry Boltinoff |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Mac
Villain(s):
- Sonders (first appearance; kills his former fiancee and frames her present boyfriend)
Other Character(s):
- Dobolo (first appearance; a stage illusionist who is framed for murder)
Credits:
Story | Jon L. Blummer |
Art | Jon L. Blummer |
Lettering | Jon L. Blummer |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Hop Harrigan (last in Green Lantern #2/2; next in All-American Comics #35/2; saves a fishing trawler and is nearly mobbed by his female fans)
Supporting Character(s):
Credits:
Art | Cliff Young |
Lettering | Cliff Young |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Sandman (last in All-Star Comics #8/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Dian Belmont (last in All-Star Comics #8)
Villain(s):
- Society of Six (first appearance; group of six hooded criminals using World War I gas to kill and rob)
Location(s):
- Maine
- New York City, NY
- Long Island, NY
Credits:
Story | Gardner Fox |
Art | Harry Lampert |
Lettering | Harry Lampert |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- King (between Flash Comics #25/4 and Flash Comics #26/4)
Supporting Character(s):
- Witch (between Flash Comics #24/4 and #28/4; plans on kidnapping Ken, but helps King instead)
Villain(s):
- Perc Stillsen (first appearance; Ken's cousin; tries to frame him for murder)
Other Character(s):
- Ken Stillsen (first appearance; an old friend of King's who is threatened by his family)
Credits:
Art | Chad Grothkopf |
Lettering | Chad Grothkopf |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Carrideo (first appearance; gangster who tried to steal a radium mine)
- Gargoyle (first appearance; a horrific hairy monster who keeps the natives in line through fear)
Other Character(s):
- Peggy Morgan (first appearance; nearly swindled out of a radium mine)
Location(s):
- Mexican swamplands
Credits:
Story | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Bob Kane |
Inks | Jerry Robinson, George Roussos |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
- This story is not fully indexed at this time.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2002)
Synopsis: