World's Finest Comics #32
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- January-February 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/6411
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Jack Schiff (actual)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Art
- Win Mortimer
Reprint history
Notes
Art credits confirmed to Craig Delich by Win Mortimer.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Roadmaster
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Swami Elhamid (introduction); Lucky Starr [Joe Starr] (villain, introduction); Trigger (villain, introduction, death); Peteman Eddie (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Paul Cooper [as Bob Kane]
- Inks
- Ray Burnley
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Synopsis
When Lucky Starr visits a swami, he is told that he was born under a lucky star and he will get a sign from the future. He does: a newspaper published one year in the future that tells when he dies, so Lucky decides to shoot the works and become Public Enemy Number One!
Notes
Script credit verified by Martin O'Hearn. Pencils credits revised by Martin O'Hearn; we formerly credited Bob Kane (as per Kane to Joe Desris). Inks credit per Kane to Joe Desris. 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/).
3Featuring
- Feature
- Wheaties
4Featuring
- Feature
- Western Comics
5Featuring
- Feature
- The Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; The Director (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Art
- George Papp
- 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/).
6Featuring
- Feature
- Erector
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
7Featuring
- Feature
- Zatara
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Zatara
Credits
- Script
- Joe Samachson
- Art
- William F. White
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Climax Color Comic (Colour Comics, 1948 series) #10 ([1948?]) — The Bandits and the Books
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/).
8"Did you get your list for Santa Claus all finished, Bebe?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Bebe
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Bebe
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
9"Here's your horse!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Piffle, the Rough Rider
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Piffle
Credits
- Script
- Phil Berube
- Art
- Phil Berube
- Letters
- Phil Berube
Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Bright Star Flashlight Battery
- Genre
- Adventure
11Featuring
- Feature
- The Boy Commandos
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- The Boy Commandos [Brooklyn [aka Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Captain Rip Carter
Credits
- Pencils
- Joe Simon ?
- Inks
- Steve Brodie ?
Notes
Credits by Craig Delich.
12Featuring
- Feature
- A Date with Judy
13
14Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Author
- Art Long (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
15Featuring
- Feature
- Three-Ring Binks
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Three-Ring Binks
Credits
- Script
- Jack Farr
- Art
- Jack Farr
- Letters
- Jack Farr
Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
16Credits
- Letters
- typeset
17Featuring
- Feature
- Smith Brothers Cough Drops
Credits
- Script
- ? [as S. B. Black]
- Art
- ? [as S. B. Black]
18Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Ali; Mä-Kläk (General of the King's soldiers); King Cheops; General Isen-Ho; Jo-Milla (court scribe); Na-Tse (villain, a high priest, dies)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel ?
- Pencils
- Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]
- Inks
- Stan Kaye ? [as Joe Shuster]
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman All Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1948 series) #10 ([March 1948]) — The Seventh Wonder of the World
-
Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #5 (August 1958) — The Seventh Wonder of the World!
Synopsis
On a way back from a case, Superman stops over in Egypt to admire the pyramids and is swept back into time by way of a time bridge to aid the forces of King Cheops against an evil high priest AND to actually build one of the pyramids!
Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits 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/).
19Featuring
- Feature
- Mr. District Attorney
20Featuring
- Feature
- Thom McAn
21Featuring
- Feature
- National Radio Institute
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
22Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy Air Rifles
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.