World's Finest Comics, #8
Published: Winter 1942
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Sink the Japanazis with Bonds & Stamps (1)
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Jack Burnley
Story Notes
Art credits verified by Burnley.
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Talent, Unlimited!
Storyline
Clark Kent is given the assignment by Editor White to find a missing heiress, but along the way manages to help five other people realize their dreams...as the Man of Steel!
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Perry White
- Mr. Carroll (Sally's father)
- Mulligan (detective)
- Mr. Tollivar (talent agency director)
- un-named talent agency secretary
- Sally Carroll [aka Polly Hughes]
- Peter Penn (artist)
- Reginald Poindexter (actor)
- E. J. Calkins (writer)
- Tom Chester (musician)
- Crakewski (musicial conductor)
Credits
- Script: Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Inks:
Story Notes
Called "The Road to Glory" in the table of contents.
Tanks for the Memory!
The Magic Lantern
Storyline
A couple of crooks watch Zatara perform magic with an ancient lamp, so they steal it, hoping to use its magic to commit crimes.
Characters
- Zatara
- Grubs (villain)
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Norman Boyd
- Inks: Norman Boyd
Story Notes
Zatara the Master Magician
The Big Eight!
Storyline
Illustrated promotional ad, with covers, of More Fun Comics #86, All-American Comics #45, Flash Comics #36, Sensation Comics #12, Detective Comics #70, Action Comics #55, Adventure Comics #81 and Star Spangled Comics #15.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
- Speedy [Roy Harper]
- Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
- Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
- Doiby Dickles
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
- The Guardian [Jim Harper]
- Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins
- Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]
- Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]
- Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]
Stripesy, Solo Sleuth, Inc.!
Storyline
Having had a petty quarrel with Sylvester, Stripesy decides to go into the detective business himself...with disastrous results!
Characters
- The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]
- Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
- John Pemberton (Sylvester's father)
- Ambrose Klutch (villain)
- Brassy (villain)
- Mugger (villain)
Credits
- Script: Jerry Siegel
- Pencils: Emil Flohri
- Inks: Emil Flohri
"Say, Sarge - I've got a swell idea for camouflage!"
Storyline
Pete's idea for a new form of camouflage literally leaves him "in a tree"!
Characters
- Pvt. Pete
- un-named Army Sergeant
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
The Luck of the Lepparts
Storyline
The last living Leppart is haunted by his ancestors' curse: to die by one of the four elements.
Characters
- The Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter
- Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]
- Alfie Twidgett
- Andre Chavard
- Jan Haasan]
- Jared Leppart (villain, death)
- Dr. Schwette (villain)
- Colonel Makada (villain)
- General Kioto (villain)
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby (uncertain)
- Script: Joe Simon (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Joe Simon
- Inks: Jack Kirby (uncertain)
- Letters: Howard Ferguson
Story Notes
Kirby pencils and Simon and possible Kirby inks per Nick Caputo. Craig Delich credited Simon on pencils and Kirby on inks. Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn.
Man's Dog
Storyline
Vasil has traveled through the snow and the cold with secret plans in his possession only to be uncovered as a spy by a Russian peasant.
Characters
- Tovarich Aronya
- unnamed Corporal
- Vasil (villain)
The Unluckiest Man in the World!
Storyline
James Luckless has had bad luck all of his life, so now he decides to use people's lucky symbols against them and for himself!
Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
- Speedy [Roy Harper]
- Mr. O'Toole (butcher shop owner)
- James Luckless (villain, introduction, death)
- Slats (villain)
Credits
- Script: Jonathon Dalton
- Pencils: Cliff Young
- Inks: Steve Brodie
Story Notes
Art identification by Craig Delich.
The Minute Man Answers the Call
Storyline
Throughout history, American men have been ready and willing at a moment's notice to stand and fight for this nation's freedom...a call now being accepted by a new generation of "minute men"! The story of how the Minuteman -- the citizen-soldier -- helped win the American Revolution, their spirit has watched over America's other battles against tyranny, and how that spirit lives on in 1943.
Characters
- Uncle Sam
- General George Washington
- General Charles Cornwallis
Credits
- Script: M. C. Gaines
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
Story Notes
War bond promo; appears as a pamphlet for the Junior JSA membership kit and in several DC comics in late '42/early '43: Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #11 (November 1942) All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #6 (September-October 1942) Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #6 (Fall 1942) Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #3 (Summer 1943) World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter 1942)
Smoked Out
Storyline
Little Saro has been chastised repeatedly about playing with matches, as he was too young to do so, yet it was that very thing that helped save himself and others from the Japanese.
Characters
- Carson
- Saro
- Conway
- the Japanese (villains)
Credits
- Script: Noble Dade
Featuring Wonder Woman
Storyline
Illustrated ad with cover for Wonder Woman #2.
Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
Featuring More Fun Comics; Adventure Comics
Storyline
Illustrated ad with covers and original art (possibly by Stan Kaye) for More Fun Comics #87 and Adventure Comics #82.
Characters
- Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
- Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]
- Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]
A Double for Trouble
Storyline
While riding the subway, the King decides to make himself up like a passenger he sees sleeping in a seat. Unknown to him, that man is a reporter who has belittled "The Chicken," whom he suspects in involved with the Nazis!
Characters
- The King [King Standish]
- Al Norton (newspaper reporter)
- The Chicken (villain)
- Slugger (villain)
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Joe Gallagher
- Inks: Joe Gallagher
Story Notes
Art identification by Craig Delich.
Don't Miss Your Favorites!
Storyline
Illustrated promotional ad, with covers, for All-Star #14, All-Flash #7, Batman #14, Superman #20, Mutt and Jeff #6, Green Lantern #5 and Leading Comics #4.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- the Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
- Mutt
- Jeff
- Law's Legionnaires [Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
- Speedy [Roy Harper]
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
- Star Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]
- Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
- Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]
- Shining Knight [Sir Justin]]
- the Sixth Sense
- Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]
- Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
- Dr. Mid-Night [Dr. Charles McNider]
- Atom [Al Pratt]
- Johnny Thunder
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
- Starman [Ted Knight]
- Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
- Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]]
Brothers in Law!
Storyline
The untimely death of their father leads the O'Brien brothers to attempt to get even with his killer, while working at odds against one another.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- John O'Brien (introduction, a G-Man, death)
- Tim O'Brien (introduction)
- Nick O'Brien (introduction)
- The Little Corporal [Little Nap Boyd] (villain, introduction)
- Slim (villain)
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Inks:
- Inks: Ray Burnley
- Letters: Betty Bentley
Story Notes
Art and letterer credits by Craig Delich, verified by Burnley.
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
The Commandos Are Here!
Featuring Boy Commandos
Characters
- The Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter
- Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]
- Alfie Twidgett
- Andre Chavard
- Jan Haasan]
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Joe Simon
Story Notes
Back cover. With cover pictured and stories listed for Boy Commandos #1, on sale November 11, 1942.