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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #16
Cover Date: Winter 1944-5
Cover Price: $.15
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Burnley
Inks: Charles Paris
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Credits:
| Story | Don Cameron |
| Pencils | Ira Yarbrough |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (also in flashback)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- J. Wilbur Wolfingham (a swindler; in flashback only)
Other Character(s):
- Jimmy Royce (first appearance; an aspiring music composer)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Cameron, Yarbrough and Roussos credited as Siegel and Shuster.
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 (2009)
Credits:
| Art | Maurice del Burgo |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Green Arrow (last in Leading Comics #13; next in More Fun Comics #101)
- Speedy (last in Leading Comics #13; next in More Fun Comics #101)
Villain(s):
- Dr. Whyle (first appearance; a scientist who breaks into a secure safe)
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
Credits:
| Art | William White |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Zatara (between Action Comics #80/4 and #81/5)
Villain(s):
- Ticky and his gang (first appearance for all; uses timed explosions to rob banks)
Credits:
| Art | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Boy Commandos:
- Captain Rip Carter
- Brooklyn
- Andre Chavard (returns to the village of his birth)
- Jan Haasan
- Alfy Twidgett
Villain(s):
- Nazis (first appearance for all; fake being captured to destroy things behind enemy lines)
Location(s):
- France
Comment(s):
- This story takes place soon after the D-Day invasion, June 1944.
Credits:
| Story | Joe Samachson |
| Art | Jon Small |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (last in Leading Comics #13; next in Star Spangled Comics #41/4)
- Stripesy (last in Leading Comics #13; next in Star Spangled Comics #41/4)
Supporting Character(s):
- John Pemberton
Villain(s):
- Gilhooley (first appearance; uses different fans to commit crimes)
Credits:
| Story | Jack Schiff |
| Art | John Daly |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Johnny Everyman (also in flashback)
Villain(s):
- Japanese soldiers (in flashback only)
Location(s):
- Arkansas
- China (in flashback)
Comment(s):
- Flashback occurs between December 1941 and May 1942.
Credits:
| Story | Alvin Schwartz |
| Art | Jerry Robinson |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
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)
Other Character(s):
- Chatfields and McKees (first appearance for all; feuding families)
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
- Schwartz and Robinson credited as Bob Kane.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2002)