World's Finest Comics, #48
Published: October-November 1950
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Issue Contents:
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
Featuring Tomahawk
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Great Steel Mystery!
Characters
- Superman
- Lois Lane
- Perry White
Credits
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Inks: Stan Kaye
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Writer identification by Bob Hughes; previously credited to William Woolfolk, but Woolfolk's records obtained by Martin O'Hearn show he did not write this story. 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/).
Captain Tootsie Traps Jewel Thieves
"Listen 'Killer,' just because I sold my ten percent..."
Credits
- Script: Harry Lampert
- Pencils: Harry Lampert
- Inks: Harry Lampert
Story Notes
Three unrelated gag cartoons.
The Fatal Arrow
Credits
- Pencils: George Papp
- Inks: George Papp
$100,000 in Smuggled Diamonds!
"Rain!" "Jerry!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
The Day's Best Bite!
The Secret of the Stolen Statues!
Credits
- Script: Ryerson Johnson
- Pencils: Howard Sherman
Story Notes
writer credit by Craig Delich
"I got the knot hole first!"
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
"It's a lovely day to go to the beach..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Editorial Advisory Board
Featuring Little Stanley
"The spectacled bear of South America..."
Credits
- Script: Martin Naydel
- Pencils: Martin Naydel
- Inks: Martin Naydel
- Letters: Martin Naydel
The Visiting Wizard!
Storyline
Zatara meets a boastful magician who is a fraud.
Characters
- Zatara
- Rahman
Credits
- Script: Joe Samachson (uncertain)
- Pencils: Ralph Mayo
- Inks: Ralph Mayo
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Writer identification 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/).
"Be pleasant on your beat, Casey..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
"Gosh... Hope I'm not late..."
Credits
- Script: Phil Berube
- Pencils: Phil Berube
- Inks: Phil Berube
The Pirate's Sweetheart!
Credits
- Script: Don C. Cameron
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- 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/).
Smart Like a Fox
Song of Crime!
Storyline
Joker goes on a crime spree based on the musical notes of his song of crime.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- The Joker
- Joseph Macklas (composer)
- unnamed jewelry store owner
- Joe (henchman)
- unnamed henchmen
Credits
- Script: Bill Finger
- Pencils: Leomacs
- Pencils: Bob Kane
- Inks: Sy Barry
Story Notes
giant prop story
Danger Is Where You Find It!
Featuring Danger Trail
School Children 'Round the World
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside back cover. 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/).
Story Notes
Back cover.