World's Finest Comics #6
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- Summer 1942
- Page count
- 100
- Cover price
- 0.15 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Golden Age size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/2269
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder; Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder; Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Art
- Fred Ray
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
1Notes
Inside front cover.
2Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Metalo (villain, introduction, unnamed scientist-inventor)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Art
- John Sikela (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Superman meets Metalo, a scientist who has super strength and a metal suit, who has been committing the crimes that were blamed on the Man of Steel.
Notes
Called "The Case of the Metal Man" in the Table of Contents.
Credits in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives are wrong.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Zatara
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Zatara; Tong
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox ?
- Art
- Joe Sulman (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Notes
Title from the Table of Contents. First line: "The great magician is guest of wealthy Captain Vandercook..."
5Featuring
- Feature
- Drafty (#158)
- Genre
- Humor; military
- Characters
- Drafty
Credits
- Script
- Ed Moore ? (signed)
- Art
- Ed Moore (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Moore ? (signed)
Notes
Title from Table of Contents. First line: "Whatta they mean -- Callin' this a sport??"
6Credits
- Author
- John Hilton (credited)
- Art
- Cliff Young (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
7Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
8Featuring
- Feature
- The Sandman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Mr. and Nora Tucker; Toby Tucker; The Nightshade (villain, introduction, death); Chunky Harris (villain, death)
Credits
- Script
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #9 (August-September 1973) — The Adventure of the Magic Forest
-
Mighty Comic (KG Murray, 1973 series) #114 ([August 1976?]) — The Adventure of the Magic Forest!
Synopsis
The Sandman and Sandy face the dire threat of a new villain who promises felons perfect crimes and a perfect hiding place in his Magic Forest in exchange for some of their loot.
Notes
Sandman is now clothed in his later yellow and purple costume. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
9Featuring
- Feature
- The Star-Spangled Kid
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; the Eel (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Art
- Harold Sherman (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
10Featuring
- Feature
- Star Spangled Comics
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
11Featuring
- Feature
- Leading Comics
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
12Featuring
- Feature
- Red, White and Blue
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Red Dugan; Whitey White; Blooey Blue; Doris West
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel ?
- Art
- Harry Lampert
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Notes
Title from Table of Contents. First line: "Red, Whitey and Blooey, together with Doris, are a fearless four..."
13Featuring
- Feature
- Aquaman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Pike Peers (owner of a traveling marine museum)
Credits
- Script
- Mort Weisinger ?
- Art
- Paul Norris
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
14Credits
- Author
- Eric Carter (credited)
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
15"You're too polite with these prospects!!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Busy Bill the Bill Collector
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- George Storm
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
16Featuring
- Feature
- Lando
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Lando
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Mike Suchorsky
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
17"Say, Puffy, let's go into the house..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Jerry the Jitterbug
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (credited)
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff (credited)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
18Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
19Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mark Loring (introduction, actor, death); Mr. Rand (program director); Mr. Brent (script writer); Mr. Wicks; Scoop Scanlon; The Joker (villain, cameo); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain, cameo); The Cat-Woman [Selina Kyle] (villain, cameo); Ape (villain); Mr. Graves (villain, radio announcer, introduction)
Credits
- Script
- Joseph Greene
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson (signed)
- Inks
- George Roussos (backgrounds)
Jerry Robinson (signed) - Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
The editor of View Magazine offers a raise in salary to his top reporter IF he or she can discover just WHO is behind the mask of the Batman!
20Notes
Inside back cover.
21Featuring
- Feature
- Tootsie Roll
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
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.