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World's Finest Comics 15

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #15

Cover Date: Fall 1944
Cover Price: $.15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley


Story: "The Rubber Band" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsJon Small
InksGeorge Roussos
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

George Taylor

Villain(s):

Derby Bowler (first appearance; former bootlegger who goes into the black market tire racket)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Star

Comment(s):

Small and Roussos credited as Shuster.
The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2004)


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Second Story: "Shelter for Shenanigans!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJon Small
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (last in Leading Comics #12; next in Star Spangled Comics #38/4)
Stripesy (last in Leading Comics #12; next in Star Spangled Comics #38/4)

Other Character(s):

Claudia Pemberton (Sylvester's aunt; first appearance; runs a halfway house for recovering criminals)

Location(s):

Hub City (called Hubb City here)


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Third Story: "Too Hot To Handle!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtWilliam White
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara

Villain(s):

Diamond Thieves (first appearance for all)


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Fourth Story: "The Respectable Burglars!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsCliff Young
InksSteve Brody
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last in Leading Comics #12; next in More Fun Comics #100/3)
Speedy (last in Leading Comics #12; next in More Fun Comics #100/3)

Villain(s):

Mr. Waxface (first appearance; can shape his face)

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.


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Fifth Story: "Iss Ve Not Der Supermen?" (12 Pages)

Credits:

ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringHoward Ferguson
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Boy Commandos:
Captain Rip Carter (see Comments)
Brooklyn
Andre Chavard
Jan Haasan
Alfy Twidgett

Villain(s):

Adolf Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
General Herman Goering
Nazi soldiers

Location(s):

Occupied France
Berlin, Germany

Comment(s):

Rip uses the alias Eric Carter in this story, which may be his real name.


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Sixth Story: "The Camera of Mei-Lan!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Schiff
ArtJohn Daly
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Everyman (first appearance; also in flashback)

Villain(s):

Chinese robbers

Other Character(s):

Mei-Lan (first appearance; a Chinese woman who was schooled in the US and a photographer; in flashback only)

Location(s):

somewhere in the United States
China (in flashback)


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Sixth Story: "The Men Who Died Twice!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsJerry Robinson
InksGeorge Roussos
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Lynx Larson, Killer Halsey and Machine-Gun Kale (three killers who die in the electric chair)
Duke Welsh, Stoney Hix and Turtle Crall (first appearance; three crooks who are disguised as the three dead crooks)
Mr. Mennekin (first appearance; an actor who disguises the three crooks)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
Cameron and Robinson and Roussos credited as Bob Kane.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2002)


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