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Issue Details

Issue #97
Published October 1958
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 - "The Day Superman Betrayed Batman!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: World's Fines (DC, 2007 series) #1

12 page Superman and Batman story "The Day Superman Betrayed Batman"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Commissioner Gordon; Kryptonite; Professor Milo (Superman in disguise); The Condor Gang [Blinky; Condor [John Titus]]; Ace Logan; Scott Forest; Billy Forest
Synopsis The Condor Gang frames Batman for taking a bribe to let a criminal escape. Superman is forced to arrest Batman and Robin and then spends his time trying to prove their innocence, giving the Condor Gang a chance to start a crime spree.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Klein/Reed incorrectly list Paris inks. Superman (as Prof. Milo) accoding to Kurt Mitchell, GCD error report Feb. 25, 2005.
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #15 (October 1965); in World's Finest (Tempo Books, 1978 series) #14534; in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: World's Fines (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Binky public service announcement "Lost: A Free Education"

Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner

Half page Little Pete filler "Today we study about Christopher Columbus"

Genre children; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Tomahawk story "The Strange Journal of Old Blue Jay"

Characters Dan Hunter
Genre western; period
Script Dave Wood
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray

Half page Blockbuster activity "untitled"

1 page Ollie filler

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

2 page text story "The Goblin That Got Away"

Letters typeset

5 page Green Arrow story "Menace of the Mechanical Octopus"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Arrow-Plane; Arrowcar
Synopsis Crooks are using a mechanical octopus to commit robberies.
Genre superhero
Script Ed Herron
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)
Notes Green Hat
Reprinted in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #23 (February 1981); in Green Arrow by Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2001 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents Green Arrow (DC, 2006 series) #1