Original copy of World’s Finest Comics #4, December 1941. Cover art by Fred Ray. In the early 1940s, Batman and Robin’s popularity continued to grow at such a tremendous rate they began appearing regularly in a third DC comic title. World’s Best Comics #1, published in Spring 1941, contained stories featuring DC’s three most popular characters, Superman, Batman and Robin. The title of the comic was changed to World’s Finest Comics the very next issue. Though the covers of World’s Finest Comics depicted the heroes appearing all together, Batman and Robin actually appeared in stories of their own, and Superman appeared in stories of his own. The three heroes would not begin teaming up in World’s Finest Comics until 1954. The Batman and Robin story featured in World’s Finest Comics #4 was titled “The Ghost Gang Goes West.” The story was illustrated by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson and George Roussos, and written by Bill Finger.