*DC: From the Bute Collection, an early war-time issue of World’s Finest, #13 from 1941 with a great Jack Burnley cover featuring Superman, Batman & Robin on a ‘fight paper waste’ drive and planning to ‘hang-one on the paper hanger of Berlin’. Inside, in a one page feature, Alfred, Bruce Wayne’s butler, explains the importance of recycling paper for the war effort (we could do with him today!). In these early days for the title, Superman and Batman appeared in separate stories and had a variety of back-ups, in this case the Star-Spangled Kid, the Boy Commandos (by Simon & Kirby), Green Arrow and Zatara, an all-star line-up in its giant 84 pages. The firm cardboard covers on these early issues helps keep them in a good state or preservation, as is the case here. Apart from a small grubby mark or two, the cover is flat and clean; one small crease at spine does not break colour. The spine is solid, with just a tiny tear at the base. The inside pages are firmly attached (except that the final page is detached from the single central staple, which is otherwise secure). Pages are a supple cream, with just hints of tan at the extremities. 
PICTURED: WORLD’S FINEST #13 VG+ £400