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Issue Details

Issue #78
Published September-October 1955
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "When Superman's Identity Is Exposed"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Reprinted in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1

12 page Superman and Batman story "When Superman's Identity Is Exposed"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Perry White; The Varrel Mob
Synopsis Someone has been announcing that Clark Kent is Superman and challenging Superman to prove it false. Superman asks Batman and Robin to help him find the culprit.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Klein/Reed, Showcase Presents and Archives incorrectly list Paris inks.
Reprinted in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page Bebe filler "Oh, Willie it's nice…

Genre teen humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes data supplied by Pat Lang 1/05

6 page Green Arrow story "Green Arrow- Ace Reporter"

Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

Half page Spike filler "I'm gonna try fishing like the Eskimos."

Genre humor
Notes data supplied by Pat Lang 1/05

Half page Varsity Vic filler "Excuse me a minute, Jane…"

Genre teen humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes data supplied by Pat Lang 1/05

2 page text article "The Adventures of Hubert the Hippo"

Script Jack Miller
Letters typeset
Notes data supplied by Pat Lang 1/05

6 page Tomahawk story "The Frontier Peacemakers"

Genre western; period
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray