World's Finest Comics #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Unknown X," the newly appointed District Attorney of Gotham City becomes a target after publicly threatening to dismantle the city’s criminal underworld—claiming he holds a secret ledger of every crime lord’s name and ties. With the DA’s life in danger and the city’s underworld closing in, Batman and Robin race to protect him, uncovering a conspiracy that stretches far beyond the black book. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Bob Kane, with inks by George Roussos and lettering by Roussos, this 1941 classic features a cover by Fred Ray.
In a Metropolis gripped by fear, Superman races to unmask the enigmatic leader of a vast criminal syndicate—The Unknown X, whose true identity remains a mystery. With the young thief Benjie and the cunning Russell Walker entangled in the web, the Man of Steel must piece together clues before the city falls under the shadow of a villain who’s been watching from the dark.
Pop takes Oswald on a hunting trip, but when they return with nothing, he sends the boy to the store to buy something they can claim as a catch—only for Oswald to return with a duck toy, much to Mom’s quiet amusement and Pop’s growing disbelief.
In "The Man Who Couldn't Remember!", a mysterious amnesia sets the stage as William Kendrick, a man with no past, finds himself at the center of a web of Gotham City’s criminal elite. With Big Tim Bannon, Ambrose Taylor, Frankie, Mitch Mason, and Trig Cooler all entangled in a deadly game, Batman and Robin race to protect the district attorney whose black book holds the key to it all—before the truth becomes a death sentence.
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Reprinted in Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2002), Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (2004), The Batman Chronicles #4 (2007), The Superman Chronicles #6 (2009), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2016), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016), Batman: The Golden Age #2 (2017), Superman: The Golden Age #3 (2017)
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