World's Finest Comics #48
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- October-November 1950
- Page count
- 76
- Cover price
- 0.15 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/8471
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
1Featuring
- Feature
- Tomahawk
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #43 ([March 1951?]) — The Great Steel Mystery
-
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #16 (July 1951) — The Great Steel Mystery!
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/).
3Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bill Schreiber, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
4"Listen 'Killer,' just because I sold my ten percent..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Ton o' Fun
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Writing
- Harry Lampert, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Harry Lampert, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Three unrelated gag cartoons.
5Featuring
- Feature
- The Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- George Papp, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
6Featuring
- Feature
- Ray-o-Vac
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
7"Rain!" "Jerry!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Jerry the Jitterbug
- Genre
- Humor; teen
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
8Featuring
- Feature
- Nestlé's Crunch
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
9Featuring
- Feature
- The Wyoming Kid
- Genre
- Western-frontier
Credits
- Writing
- Ryerson Johnson, scripter
- Art
- Howard Sherman, penciller
- , inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
writer credit by Craig Delich
10"I got the knot hole first!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
- Genre
- Children
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ray Thompson, line art [signed as Ray T.]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
11"It's a lovely day to go to the beach..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Peg
- Genre
- Humor; teen
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
12Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
13"The spectacled bear of South America..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Little Stanley
- Genre
- Non-fiction; animal
Credits
- Writing
- Martin Naydel, scripter
- Art
- Martin Naydel, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Martin Naydel, letterer
14Featuring
- Feature
- Zatara
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Zatara; Rahman
Credits
- Writing
- Joe Samachson , scripter
- Art
- Ralph Mayo, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
Zatara meets a boastful magician who is a fraud.
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/).
15"Be pleasant on your beat, Casey..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Casey the Cop
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
16Featuring
- Feature
- Columbia
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
17"Gosh... Hope I'm not late..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Nervous Norman
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Writing
- Phil Berube, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Phil Berube, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
18Featuring
- Feature
- Full-Steam Foley
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- Don C. Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
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/).
19Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
20Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker; Joseph Macklas (composer); unnamed jewelry store owner; Joe (henchman); unnamed henchmen
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller (Batman & Robin figures)
- Lew Schwartz, penciller [as Lew Sayre Schwartz]
- Sy Barry, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #13 ([July 1951]) — Song of Crime!
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #47 (November 1968) — Song of Crime
Synopsis
Joker goes on a crime spree based on the musical notes of his song of crime.
Notes
giant prop story
21Featuring
- Feature
- Danger Trail
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
22Featuring
- Feature
- Bud and Sis; Wilson Chemical Co.
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
23Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Advocacy; superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
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/).
24Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy Manufacturing Co.
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
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