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CATALOG RECORD

World's Finest Comics #18

DC · Series began 1941 · Summer 1945

Dates

Cover date
Summer 1945
On sale
April 24, 1945
Pages
84

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jack Burnley, Sam Citron, Roland Coe, Jon Small, William White, Lit-Win, Louis Cazeneuve, Maurice Del Bourgo, John Daly, Dick Sprang, C. C. Beckinks: Charles Paris, Don Komisarow, Roland Coe, Jon Small, William White, Lit-Win, Louis Cazeneuve, Maurice Del Bourgo, John Daly, Norman Fallon, Pete Costanzascript: Bill Finger, Joe Samachson, Lit-Win, Al Gerz, Jack Schiff, Don C. Cameronletters: Ira Schnapp

Stories

  • The Junior Reporters! · 12 pages

    Young newsboy Tommy Blake wants to enter the Planet's contest, "Reporter For a Day", but soon learns that his brother is involved in distributing counterfeit ration books. Superman has to step in and help Tommy write the story of his life, which earns him a spot as reporter on the Daily Planet!

  • False Paradise for Felons! · 9 pages
  • The Toys That Live! · 8 pages
  • Lord Alfred of Upson Downs! · 10 pages
  • Night Patrol · 1.67 pages
  • Remote Control Robbery! · 10 pages
  • The Secret of Ohain! · 8 pages
  • John B. Stetson · Billy Brand · 1 pages

    The history of John B. Stetson, creator of the famous Stetson cowboy hat.

  • Specialists in Crime! · 13 pages

    Batman and Robin face a new twist on crime: a man who hires only specialists in crime to carry out his plans.

Reprinted in

Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (2002), Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives (2004), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus (2017)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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