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WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #18
Cover Date: Summer 1945
Cover Price: $.15
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Burnley
Inks: Charles Paris
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Credits:
| Story | Alvin Schwartz |
| Art | Ed Dobrotka |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Pete Blake (first appearance; Tommy's brother and a crook)
Other Character(s):
- Tommy Blake (first appearance; a newsie who tries to become a junior reporter)
- Harvey Stratton (first appearance; tries to sell counterfeit ration books)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Alvin Schwartz and Dobrotka 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:
| Story | Joe Samachson |
| Art | Jon Small |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (last in Adventure Comics #443/2; next in Star Spangled Comics #47/4)
- Stripesy (last in Adventure Comics #443/2; next in Star Spangled Comics #47/4)
Supporting Character(s):
- John Pemberton
Villain(s):
- Electric Bandits (first appearance for all; uses electricity to commit crimes)
Credits:
| Art | William White |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Zatara (between Action Comics #86/4 and #87/4
Villain(s):
- Unnamed crooks (first appearance for all; try to force the old carver to work for them)
Other Character(s):
- An old carver (first appearance; peddles little soap statuettes)
Credits:
| Art | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Boy Commandos:
- Captain Rip Carter
- Brooklyn
- Andre Chavard
- Jan Haasan
- Alfy Twidgett (made to believe he is the heir to an English estate)
Villain(s):
- Two English gentlemen (first appearance for both)
Location(s):
- England
Credits:
| Art | Maurice del Burgo |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Green Arrow (last in More Fun Comics #103; next in Adventure Comics #438/2)
- Speedy (last in More Fun Comics #103; next in Adventure Comics #438/2)
Villain(s):
- Mail Train robbers (first appearance for all)
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
Credits:
| Story | Jack Schiff |
| Art | John Daly |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Johnny Everyman (also in flashback)
Location(s):
- Ohain, Belgium (in flashback)
Credits:
| Story | Don Cameron |
| Pencils | Dick Sprang |
| Inks | Norman Fallon |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- I.M. Brane (first appearance; uses deaf crooks to commit crimes)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
- Cameron, Sprang and Fallon credited as Bob Kane.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #2 (2004)