World's Finest Comics #34

DC Comics

United States

Published
May-June 1948
Page count
76
Cover price
0.15 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/6695

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth
Jack Schiff (uncredited)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover No title recorded (Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
Win Mortimer

Notes

Art credits verified to Craig Delich by Win Mortimer.

Show/hide 1. No title recorded (Kodak) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Kodak

Credits

Letters
typeset

Notes

Inside front cover.

Show/hide 2. The Un-Super Superman! (Superman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Lois Lane

Credits

Script
Don C. Cameron ?
Art
Al Plastino
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superman All Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1948 series) #16 ([September 1948?])
The Un-Super Superman!
 
Australia
Superman All Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1948 series) #16 ([September 1948?])
 
Australia
Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #2 ([April 1957])
The Un-Super Superman!
 
Australia
Superman Super Library (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #11 ([April 1965?])
 
Australia
All Favourites Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #49 ([July 1965])
The Un-Super Superman!

Notes

Writer credit by Bob Hughes. 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/).

First issue without a Siegel and Shuster by-line.

Show/hide 3. No title recorded (Wheaties) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Wheaties
Show/hide 4. In the Nick of Time (Old Nick) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Old Nick
Show/hide 5. Grey Cloud's Last Raid! (Tomahawk) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Tomahawk
Genre
Historical; western-frontier
Characters
Dan Hunter; Grey Cloud

Credits

Art
Fred Ray
Letters
Ira Schnapp

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/).

Show/hide 6. Roping the Runaway Driver ("U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
"U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
Genre
Adventure
Show/hide 7. No title recorded (Western Comics) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Western Comics
Show/hide 8. Nine Lives for Brooklyn (The Boy Commandos) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Boy Commandos
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Steve Brodie ?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Synopsis

Brooklyn's dreams put him in eight previous historical periods.

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/).

Show/hide 9. Ranger Rescue (Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
Genre
Adventure
Show/hide 10. The Secret That Saved the Sandlot (Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
Genre
Sports
Show/hide 11. The Robot-Master Crimes! (The Green Arrow) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Green Arrow
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Robot Master

Credits

Script
Otto Binder
Art
George Papp
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Notes

Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn. 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/).

Show/hide 12. Retired Cop Text story, 1.67 pages

Featuring

Genre
Detective-mystery

Credits

Author
Sam Thorne (credited)
Letters
typeset
Show/hide 13. Editorial Advisory Board Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.33 pages

Credits

Letters
typeset
Show/hide 14. No title recorded (A Date with Judy) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
A Date with Judy
Show/hide 15. A Dog-Catcher's Life! (Zatara) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature
Zatara
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Script
Joe Samachson ?
Art
William F. White
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Reprint history

Also printed
United Kingdom
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #14 (May 1951)
A Dog Catcher's Life
 
Australia
Mammoth Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956?) ([December 1956?])
A Dog-Catcher's Life!
 
Australia
Mammoth Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956?) ([December 1956?])

Notes

Writer identification by Bob Hughes. 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/).

Show/hide 16. Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado (Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Fudge) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Fudge
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
C. C. Beck
Show/hide 17. Killer for Hire! (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jim Durfee (killer, intro, death); Mr. Durfee (Jim's father, flashback); Peter Goro (underworld czar, death); Tony the Topper (death); Mopsie Gree (death); Lou Lacey

Credits

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Art
Dick Sprang

Synopsis

Batman and Robin track a contract killer who kills for underworld clients, but no one knows his identity.

Notes

Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn. Art credits by Craig Delich.

Show/hide 18. No title recorded (Mr. District Attorney) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Mr. District Attorney

Notes

Inside back cover.

Show/hide 19. No title recorded (Thom McAn) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Thom McAn

Notes

Back cover.


Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 32741

Entry created

  • 21/07/2007

Index completed

  • 22/09/2019

Last updated

  • 22/09/2019