World's Finest (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1941.
Synopsis for Superman: "The Case of the Death Express"
Appearing in Superman: "The Case of the Death Express"
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Antagonists:
- Butch Fletcher (Single appearance)
- Sparky Waters (Single appearance)
- Thornton Bigsby (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Atkinson (Single appearance)
- Grant Douglas (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for Red, White, and Blue: "The Adventure of the Informer"
Appearing in Red, White, and Blue: "The Adventure of the Informer"
Featured Characters:
- Red, White, and Blue
- Red Dugan, USMC
- Whitey Smith, USA
- Blooey Blue, USN
Supporting Characters:
- Doris West, G2
Synopsis for Crimson Avenger: "The Adventure of the Uncut Diamonds"
Appearing in Crimson Avenger: "The Adventure of the Uncut Diamonds"
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Antagonists:
- Sammy the Swell (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Robert Blanco (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for Johnny Thunder: "The Story of the Man Who Couldn't Lose"
Appearing in Johnny Thunder: "The Story of the Man Who Couldn't Lose"
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Antagonists:
- Oscar Van Gelt De Smythe, Jr. (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Mazzie McGonigle (Single appearance)
- Dave (Single appearance)
- Oscar's papa (Single appearance)
Synopsis for Young Doc Davis: "The Case of the Missing Millionaire"
Appearing in Young Doc Davis: "The Case of the Missing Millionaire"
Featured Characters:
- Young Doc Davis
Synopsis for Zatara: "Magic Casts Its Vote"
Appearing in Zatara: "Magic Casts Its Vote"
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Antagonists:
- Big Elmo (Single appearance)
- Bing-Bang (Single appearance)
Synopsis for Drafty: "The End of the Trail"
Appearing in Drafty: "The End of the Trail"
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- Drafty #158
Synopsis for Sandman: "Crime Visits the Opera"
Appearing in Sandman: "Crime Visits the Opera"
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Antagonists:
- Mister Growlick (Single appearance)
- Walsh (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Carol Alma Decker (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for King: "The Case of the Counterfeit Tickets"
Appearing in King: "The Case of the Counterfeit Tickets"
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Antagonists:
- Billy (Single appearance)
- Wiley Weir (Single appearance)
- his gang of counterfeiters
- his gang of counterfeiters
Synopsis for Lando, Man of Magic: "The Panama Canal Mystery"
Appearing in Lando, Man of Magic: "The Panama Canal Mystery"
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Antagonists:
- The Hood (Single appearance)
Synopsis for Batman: "The Riddle of the Human Scarecrow"
Jonathan Crane was a disturbed kid who liked to scare birds away. Nowadays, he is a professor of psychology at the Gotham University, but his methods are a bit rough and unnecessary. His colleagues often mocked him because he resembled a scarecrow due to his thin complexion and his old clothes. Crane used his earnings to buy more books, but after listening to his peers mocking him, he decided to deliver fear in exchange of money. In this way, Jonathan Crane becomes the Scarecrow and starts terrorizing the enemies of wealthy men for money.
During one of his terrorizing acts, the Scarecrow was spotted by Batman and Robin, who start chasing him but his thin complexion allows Scarecrow to escape.
Some weeks later the crimes of the Scarecrow become known to everyone in the city. However, due to Crane's reckless activities as a professor, he is fired from the university, but he doesn't really care enough since he as a new way of making the money he needs to buy more books. When Bruce Wayne visits the president of the college, he learns that a professor known as Jonathan "Scarecrow" Crane has been fired and Bruce thinks that he might have a connection with the new criminal.
Later, the police spot Scarecrow again and the dynamic duo get going to stop him. Batman and Robin find the Scarecrow, but they're unable to stop him. However, using his hunch as a lead, Batman disguises as an old man and goes to Crane's house, asking for a phone. After using the phone and getting out of Crane's home, he is sure that Crane is Scarecrow. Batman and Robin wait outside Crane's home to ambush him and when he comes out as Scarecrow, a fight between the three of them start. Scarecrow runs into a child's playground and the dynamic duo follow him. After a long struggle, Batman and Robin are finally able to stop the Scarecrow and the criminal is sent to jail.
Appearing in Batman: "The Riddle of the Human Scarecrow"
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Antagonists:
- Scarecrow (First appearance) (Origin)
- Frank Kendrick (Single appearance)
- Richard Dodge (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Gotham City Police Department
- Martin (Single appearance)
- Paul Herold (Single appearance; dies)
Locations:
- Gotham City
- Gotham University (retcon)[1]
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Notes
- Batman: "Riddle Of The Human Scarecrow" is reprinted in:
- The Scarecrow next appears in Detective Comics #73.
- Superman: "The Case of the Death Express" is reprinted in Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives Vol. 1.
- Also appearing in this issue of World's Finest Comics were:
- Table of Contents
- full-page ad for DC's "BIG SEVEN" comics titles: Action Comics #41, Detective Comics #56, Flash Comics #22, All-American Comics #31, More Fun Comics #72, Adventure Comics #67, and Introducing Star-Spangled Comics #1
- full-page ad for DC's four (other) quarterly titles: Superman #12, Batman #7, All-Star Comics #7, and All-Flash #2
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Superman Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Action Comics (Volume 2)
- Adventures of Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (Volume 1)
- DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 2)
- Superman (Volume 3)
- Superman (Volume 4)
- Superman (Volume 5)
- Superman (Volume 6)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- Superman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Superman: Son of Kal-El (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1)
- Superman/Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Batman Recommended Reading
- Batman (Volume 1)
- Batman (Volume 2)
- Batman (Volume 3)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 1)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 2)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 3)
- Batman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Batman: Gotham Knights (Volume 1)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat (Volume 1)
- Batman: Streets of Gotham (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 2)
- The Brave and the Bold (Volume 1)
- Detective Comics (Volume 1)
- Detective Comics (Volume 2)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
Links and References
- ↑ Originally, the college that the Scarecrow worked at was a generic unnamed institution. In Modern continuity, the college has been retroactively attributed to Gotham University.
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