World's Finest Comics #159
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- August 1966
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.12 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/20251
Credits
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (credited)
E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor, uncredited)
Issue contents
Cover
The Cape and Cowl Crooks!
(Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Anti-Superman; Anti-Batman
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Notes
Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker; Penguin; Toyman; Prankster; Anti-Superman (intro); Anti-Batman (intro); Commissioner James Gordon; Perry White
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #227 (January-February 1975) — The Cape and Cowl Crooks!
-
Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1973 series) #122 ([June 1975?]) — The Cape and Cowl Crooks Part 2: Trail of the Copy-Cat Crooks
-
Superman Supacomic (KG Murray, 1974 series) #201 ([August 1976?]) — The Cape and Cowl Crooks! [Part I]
Synopsis
Superman and Batman are plagued by evil duplicates of themselves.
Notes
Camp references a la the Batman TV show begin. This is Hamilton's last published script for DC.
2Featuring
- Genre
- Advocacy
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Synopsis
Children learn that policemen do more than just catch crooks.
Notes
between parts 1 and 2 of first story. Credits confirmed by Bob Bailey, Bob Hughes and Gene Reed.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Anti-Superman; Anti-Batman; Commissioner James Gordon; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
Reprint history
4Featuring
- Feature
- Cape and Cowl Comments
Credits
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell ?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Letters from Ralph Dumain, Lee Chambers, Larry Grady, Howard King, Jerry Vance, Greg White, Fred Bates, John McAllen, Ted Miller, Guy Davidson.
5"Hi, Tim. What are you doing in this junkyard?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Cap's Hobby Hints
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
Ralph Enser, Jr. (idea) - Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
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Notes
Hints for modeling. Based on reader suggestions.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Direct Currents
Credits
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell ?
- Letters
- typeset
7Featuring
- Feature
- The Editors' Round Table; The Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Green Error (Intro); Robbers (Villains)
Credits
- Script
- Ed Herron ?
- Art
- Lee Elias
- Letters
- Stan Starkman ?
Reprint history
Synopsis
Green Arrow and Speedy meet the Green Error, a clown who spoofs Green Arrow at the circus. Green Error's tools help them stop the robbers who stole the day's receipts.
Notes
Writer credit by Bob Hughes.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration and ad in Batman #182. On-sale date of June 7 in Direct Currents in Sea Devils #30.
Copyright © National Periodical Publications, Inc., 1966.
Indicia
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