World's Finest Comics No. 7

Object Details

D. C. Comics, Inc.

Description

DC Comics published World’s Finest Comics issue No. 7 in the fall of 1942. Jack Burnley illustrated the yellow cover that depicts Superman, Robin, and Batman each straddling the barrel of a battleship’s cannon. This issue’s stories feature Superman in "The Eight Doomed Men!," Zatara in "The Case of the Walking Dynamo!," Drafty in "Bring in Baby," The Sandman and Sandy in "A Modern Arabian Nightmare," The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy in "The Case of the Jinxed Skyscraper," Red, White and Blue in "The Phantom Voice," The Green Arrow in "Wings of Flame," Lando in "The Vanishing V-Men!," and Batman and Robin in "The North Pole Crimes!"

Originally titled World’s Best Comics in its inaugural issue, DC Comics published World’s Finest Comics from 1941 until 1986. Each issue originally featured separate stories for Batman and Superman, but from issue 71 until issue 197 they appeared together in the same story. Over the years a cavalcade of DC heroes appeared in the book, including Robin, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Green Arrow, and the Vigilante.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer

1942

ID Number

2013.0086.102

catalog number

2013.0086.102

accession number

2013.0086

Object Name

comic book

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 7 3/4 in x 10 in; 19.685 cm x 25.4 cm

National Museum of American History

subject

Superman

Batman

Comics

Record ID

nmah_1449379

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

CC0