World's Finest Comics #45
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- April-May 1950
- 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/8185
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (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, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
Notes
Win Mortimer verified pencils and inks credits to Craig Delich. 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/).
1"You will always hit the bull's-eye..."
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White
Credits
- Writing
- Al Schwartz, scripter [as Alvin Schwartz]
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- Based on
-
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #45 (April-May 1950) — Lois Lane and Clark Kent, Detectives!
- Also printed
-
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #13 ([July 1951]) — Lois Lane and Clark Kent, Detectives!
-
Superman Super Library (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #23 ([April 1966]) — Lois Lane and Clark Kent, Detectives
Notes
Writer identification 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/).
3Featuring
- Feature
- Nabisco Shredded Wheat
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
4Featuring
- Feature
- The Wyoming Kid
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- The Wyoming Kid [Bill Polk]
Credits
- Writing
- Ryerson Johnson, scripter
- Art
- Howard Sherman, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
5Featuring
- Feature
- Action Comics; Superman
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
6Featuring
- Feature
- The Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Switchman (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Writing
- Don C. Cameron, scripter
- Art
- George Papp, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
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/).
7Featuring
- Feature
- Bazooka
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
8Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- George Roussos, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Notes
Art identification by Craig Delich. 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/).
9Featuring
- Feature
- Zatara
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Zatara [Giovani "John" Zatara]
Credits
- Writing
- George Kashdan, scripter
- Art
- Ralph Mayo, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
Notes
Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. Art identification by Craig Delich. 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/).
10Featuring
- Feature
- Detective Comics; Batman
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
11Featuring
- Feature
- Full-Steam Foley
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- Don C. Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
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/).
12Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
13"Here, Spike!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Shorty
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Shorty
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer [as Henry Boltinoff]
14Featuring
- Feature
- Nestlé's Crunch
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
15Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed auctioneers; Professor Ezra Dorn (introduction); Crime Historian [Simmons] (villain, introduction); Pierre Larue (French master criminal, flashback); unnamed Paris police officer (flashback); unnamed guard; Ho Mah Tu (Chinese criminal, flashback)
Credits
- Writing
- John Broome , scripter (Writer A)
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller (Batman and Robin figures)
- Lew Schwartz, penciller [as Lew Sayre Schwartz]
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #3 ([September 1950?]) — The Historian of Crime
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #13 ([April 1960?]) — The Historian of Crime!
Synopsis
Batman and Robin battle the Crime Historian, who uses methods and weapons from historical crimes to commit crimes in the present.
Notes
Inker credit by Craig Delich; we previously credited Bob Kane. 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/).
16Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Al Plastino , inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
17Featuring
- Feature
- The Adventures of Bob Hope
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Inside back cover.
18Featuring
- Feature
- Thom McAn
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
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.