World's Finest Comics, #38
Published: January-February 1949
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Characters
- Superman
- Clark Kent]
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
Story Notes
Art credits verified by Win Mortimer to Craig Delich.
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
If There Were No Superman
"Did you ever wonder..."
Storyline
Superman is sent to various points in the past by Professor Smiggs' IF machine.
Characters
- Lois Lane
- Perry White
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Professor Smiggs
- "Bullet" Barris (crook)
- Slim (crook)
Credits
- Script: Edmond Hamilton (uncertain)
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
Writer credit by Bob Hughes. Pencils credit per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/; we previously credited Wayne Boring.
Henry Iba
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"You'll find this sure-fire brand..."
The Unfinished Crimes!
"Meet The Wind! A new and mysterious criminal..."
Storyline
Green Arrow and Speedy are following up on a clue and guarding Dill' Dime Store. A new criminal, named The Wind, appears and claims to be able to control winds, and proves it by blowing the archer's arrows off course. But both here and subsequently, The Wind never completes his crimes. Green Arrow later learns that The Wind is actually arrow collector A. Wynd. Knowing he could never buy Green Arrow's shafts he pulled the robberies to retrieve the arrows fired at him.
Characters
- The Wind (villain, intro)
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
- Speedy [Roy Harper]
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: George Papp
- Inks: George Papp
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Arrowcar is green. Writer's credit from Otto Binder's 1963/1964 listing of DC credits. 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/).
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Football in the Future!
"In the land of centuries to come..."
Storyline
While at an exhibition of robots, Doc presses the 2948 A.D. key on the time-typer. There is to be Mars vs. Earth football game played by robots. Crooks plan to rig the game so that the Mars team wins, paying out 100-1 bets. Doc and Fatty join the game and foil the crooks' plan, before returning to their own time.
Characters
- Doc
- Fatty
Credits
- Pencils: Howard Sherman
- Inks: Howard Sherman
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story 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/).
Mystery Mine's Treasure!
"What's the matter, sonny?"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Rip Carter - Fugitive from a Chain Gang!
"The chain gang!...Last stop for criminal derelicts..."
Storyline
The Commandos and Rip respond to a bank alarm, and pursuing the criminals Rip gets hit in the head by a piece of exploding shrapnel. The gang leader, Gentleman Jeff Chambers [aka The Human Bomb] deliberately gets himself arrested in a South American country and is placed on the chain gang for six months.
Characters
- The Boy Commandos
- Captain Rip Carter
- Gentleman Jeff Chambers (crook)
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Steve Brodie (uncertain)
Story Notes
Inker credit by Craig Delich; we previously credited George Klein.
Gets the Bird!
Keep in Tune with the Teens!
Pete, the Inventor!
"Some of Pete Painter's inventions are almost like Zatara's magic in their effects..."
Storyline
Pete Painter invents gadgets such as windscreen wipers for reading glasses and one for tying show laces, but he never patents them. When he matches wits with Zatara he gets his comeuppance, but gets in the last word by hiding a paper bird which flies out of Zatara's hat. Zatara magically sees that Pete is in trouble and rides the paper bird to the rescue. Zatara suggests he patent his inventions, and a short time later has one hundred patents.
Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
- Pete Painter
- Miss Murdock (teacher)
- Nails (crook)
Credits
- Script: George Kashdan
- Pencils: Scott Shriver
- Inks: Scott Shriver
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Writer verified 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/).
Pike's Peak or Bust
The Impossible People!
"Before their very eyes, the Dynamic Duo saw Father Time..."
Storyline
Batman and Robin investigate a series of crimes committed by characters out of folklore.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Folklore Society [Jack Frost
- Father Time
- Mother Goose
- Father Neptune
- King Arthur
- Robin Hood
- Paul Bunyan] (actors playing roles, intro for all)
- Hank (janitor)
Credits
- Pencils: Dick Sprang
- Inks: Dick Sprang
Story Notes
Art credits by Craig Delich. Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk but it's not in his pay records per Martin O'Hearn.
Story Notes
Inside back cover.