Price: 0.15 USD
Pages: 76
On-sale Date: 1945-07-24
Editing: Jack Schiff (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #19 Edit Cover
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Batman and Robin; Superman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Jack Burnley (Superman figure only)
Inks:
Jack Burnley (Superman figure only)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Burnley art credits verified from original art by Craig Delich. We previously credited Fred Ray with inks.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The World's Finest Heroes Go to Town in the World's Finest Action Stories!
(Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Battle of the Zodiac!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Don C. Cameron (ghosted for Jerry Siegel) (signed)
Pencils:
Ira Yarbrough (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed)
Inks:
Ira Yarbrough (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Apollo; Orion; Neptune; Jupiter; Aba Raja (villain)
Synopsis:
Superman confronts an astrologer that is conning people into believing they could become rich by using the powers of the ancients, then got those people to entrust all of their money to him.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Bridges for Bandits!
(Table of Contents: 4)

Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

[Sam Colt]
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Billy Brand / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction

Magic, Many Miles Away!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
William White (signed)
Inks:
William White (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters:
Zatara

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).

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Bit-o-Honey / advertisement / 1 page

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Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Lit-Win (signed)
Inks:
Lit-Win (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Daffy's really taking this truck farming business seriously!

[no title indexed]
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Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Lit-Win (signed)
Inks:
Lit-Win (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There goes Daffy reading my paper again!

[no title indexed]
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Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Lit-Win (signed)
Inks:
Lit-Win (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Whew! It's hot!

Casey of the K9s!
(Table of Contents: 11)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; war
Characters:
Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]

Tops in Comics!
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Guns of Victory
(Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Clem Warren (house name)
Letters:
typeset

Men of Good Will!
(Table of Contents: 14)

Johnny Everyman / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Johnny Everyman

Want to Be a Football Champion?
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

The League for Larceny!
(Table of Contents: 16)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; The Joker (villain); The Velvet Kid (villain); Biff (villain); Pinky (villain)
Synopsis:
The Joker, after escaping from prison, decides on a new plan of gaining riches: to use a "reformed" criminal to pave the way to loot the homes of the rich and gain control of a crime reform committee and its funds.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich, verified by Bob Kane to Joe Desris.

How Thom McAn Made Tokyo Tremble
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Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page

Captain Tootsie and the Hand Grenade
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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin; Superman
  2. The World's Finest Heroes Go to Town in the World's Finest Action Stories!
  3. The Battle of the Zodiac!
    Superman
  4. ["Paydays he always hightails it for town..."]
    Wheaties
  5. Bridges for Bandits!
    Green Arrow
  6. [Sam Colt]
    Billy Brand
  7. Magic, Many Miles Away!
    Zatara
  8. [no title indexed]
    Bit-o-Honey
  9. ["Daffy's really taking this truck farming business seriously!"]
    Daffy & Doodle
  10. ["There goes Daffy reading my paper again!"]
    Daffy & Doodle
  11. ["Whew! It's hot!"]
    Daffy & Doodle
  12. Casey of the K9s!
    The Boy Commandos
  13. Tops in Comics!
  14. Guns of Victory
  15. Men of Good Will!
    Johnny Everyman
  16. Want to Be a Football Champion?
    Wheaties
  17. The League for Larceny!
    Batman and Robin
  18. How Thom McAn Made Tokyo Tremble
    Thom McAn Shoes
  19. [no title indexed]
    Illinois Merchandise Mart
  20. Captain Tootsie and the Hand Grenade
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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  • Katie
  • David Banuelos
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jochen G.
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lindsey Naumann
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
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