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Issue: World's Finest Comics Archives #2
Publication Date: February 2001
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 12/05/2001
Volume: 2
Pages: 224
ISBN: 1563897431
UPC/EAN: 76194121715400211
Price: $82.95 CAD
$49.95 USD
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Content Items: 42 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dale Crain (editor); Nick J. Napolitano (associate editor); Mike Carlin (executive editor)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
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Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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World's Finest Comics Archives - Volume 2

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Dick Sprang; Rodney Ramos (art reconstruction)
Stan Kaye; Rodney Ramos (art reconstruction)
Lee Loughridge (reconstruction)
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superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Robin (Dick Grayson]
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Dust jacket with illustration on front and small reprints of the covers of World's Finest #91, #97, #100 and #101 on back.
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World's Finest Comics

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Inside front cover and first two interior pages are solid black.
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World's Finest Comics Archives - Volume 2

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Superman; Batman; Robin
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Table of Contents

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Superman (cameo); Batman (cameo); Robin (cameo)
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Foreword

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Tom Peyer (credited)
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Superman (cameo); Batman (cameo); Robin (cameo)
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Introduction with small illustration.
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[Cover - World's Finest #86] The Super-Show of Gotham City!

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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Ira Schnapp
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Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Super-Show of Gotham City

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Edmond Hamilton
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Commissioner Gordon; Henry Bartle
Superman, Batman and Robin are putting on a show for charity, but someone keeps sabotaging the performance.
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[Cover - World's Finest #87] The Reversed Heroes!

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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Ira Schnapp
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Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Reversed Heroes

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Bill Finger
Dick Sprang
Ray Burnley
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Elton Craig; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Lois Lane; Perry White
When Elton Craig finds some capsules from Krypton, he takes one and gains superpowers. He captures Superman with some Kryptonite, so Superman takes one of the pills and loses his superpowers. He contacts Batman and Robin, who take the pills and gain superpowers and stop Elton's crime spree.
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[Cover - World's Finest #88] Superman and Batman's Greatest Foes!

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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Ira Schnapp
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Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Superman and Batman's Greatest Foes!

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Edmond Hamilton
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lex Luthor; Joker; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mechano-Men
Lex Luthor and Joker go into business together making Mechano-Men, near indestructible robots. Superman and Batman believe they have not gone straight and try to figure out their master plan.
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[Cover - World's Finest #89] The Club of Heroes!

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Curt Swan
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Superman and Batman
Knight; Gaucho; Legionary; Lightning Man; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Club of Heroes

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Edmond Hamilton
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Club of Heroes [Legionary; Knight; Squire; Gaucho; Musketeer]; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; John Mayhew; Lightning Man
John Mayhew brings the Club of Heroes together and will give them a headquarters, but they must select a chairman for the club. The Heroes decide that the hero who performs the most good deeds will become chairman.
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Sequel to "The Batmen of All Nations" from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #215.
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[Cover - World's Finest #90] The Super-Batwoman!

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Curt Swan
Ray Burnley
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Ira Schnapp
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Superman and Batman
Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Super-Batwoman

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Edmond Hamilton
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Batman [Clark Kent]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Elton Craig; Jor-El (flashback; cameo); Lara (flashback; cameo); Perry White (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo)
Batwoman takes a capsule created by Jor-El that gives her super powers for 24 hours. She uses that time to try to find out Batman and Superman's secret identities.
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The capsule that Batwoman takes was hidden by Elton Craig during the events of World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #87's story "The Reversed Heroes".
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[Cover - World's Finest #91] The Three Super-Sleepers!

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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Ira Schnapp
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Superman and Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Kamar; Lora
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The Three Super-Sleepers

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Edmond Hamilton
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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Artie Simek
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (cameo); Carter Nichols; Perry White (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo); Lora (scientist of 2957); Kamar (scientist of 2957); Rothul (villain, introduction, descendant of Luthor); Rick Harben (villain)
As Superman, Batman & Robin chase a wanted felon into a cave, they are unaware that a trap awaits them.....and when they awake, they find themselves 1000 years in the future, having to fight a descendant of Luthor!
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[Cover - World's Finest #92] The Boy from Outer Space!

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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Superman and Batman
Skyboy; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Boy from Outer Space!

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Edmond Hamilton
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Skyboy [Tharn of Kormo](introduction); Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Rawl; Rawl's space-bandit gang
A mysterious boy with Super-powers crash lands on Earth. Superman takes him in, but Batman suspects he's a criminal.
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[Cover - World's Finest #93] The Boss of Batman and Superman!

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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Boss of Batman and Superman

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Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane (cameo); Commissioner Gordon (Cameo); Dr. John Carr; Victor Danning
A scientist's machine accidentally gives both Robin and Victor Danning, a villain, super-intelligence by taking away Superman's super-intelligence, leaving Superman slow and dull.
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[Cover - World's Finest #94] The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team!

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Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff (Batman figure)
Stan Kaye; Sheldon Moldoff (Batman figure)
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Ira Schnapp
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Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Origin of the Superman Batman Team

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Edmond Hamilton
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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superhero
Superman and Batman and Robin
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Superman]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Powerman (a robot, introduction); Lex Luthor (villain)
When Luthor develops a liquid kryptonite gun, Superman replaces Batman with a new partner, Powerman. The Caped Crusader, hurt by the change, believes that Powerman has some sort hold over the Man of Steel, not realizing Superman has a motive in mind for his own protection from the criminal genius, Lex Luthor!
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Silver Age origin of the Superman-Batman Team.
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[Cover - World's Finest #95] Battle of the Super-Heroes!

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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Ira Schnapp
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Battle of the Super-Heroes

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Dave Wood
Dick Sprang
Ray Burnley
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Ira Schnapp
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; aliens from the planet Xlym
Alien gamblers give Batman super-powers as part of a bet.
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In the Table of Contents, Edmond Hamilton is credited for the script.
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[Cover - World's Finest #96] The Super-Foes from Planet X!

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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Ira Schnapp
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Super-Foes from Planet X

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Edmond Hamilton
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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Pat Gordon ?
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Solar Sponge; Storm Top; Crawler; J-47 (robot)
Aliens from another planet have used robots for so long that they have forgotten how to think and work for themselves. When their robots begin to deactivate, they test Superman, Batman and Robin against natural threats on their planet so they can see how to defeat those same menaces themselves.
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[Cover - World's Finest #97] The Day Superman Betrayed Batman!

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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Ira Schnapp
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Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Day Superman Betrayed Batman

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Bill Finger
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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Pat Gordon ?
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Commissioner Gordon; Professor Milo [Superman in disguise]; The Condor Gang [Blinky; Condor [John Titus]]; Ace Logan; Scott Forest; Billy Forest
The Condor Gang frames Batman for taking a bribe to let a criminal escape. Superman is forced to arrest Batman and Robin and then spends his time trying to prove their innocence, giving the Condor Gang a chance to start a crime spree.
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[Cover - World's Finest #98] Menace of the Moon-Man!

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Curt Swan
Ray Burnley
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Superman and Batman
Moonman; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In the Table of Contents, Stan Kaye is credited for this cover's inks.
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The Menace of the Moonman

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Bill Finger
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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superhero
Superman and Batman
MoonMan [Brice Rogers] (intro); Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
While orbiting the moon, a strange comet crosses paths with Pilot Rogers rocket. When he returns to Earth he discovers that whenever moonlight strikes him he becomes the evil MoonMan.
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Brice Rogers returned in World's Finest #266 (January 1981).

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Cover - World's Finest #99] Batman's Super Spending Spree!

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Curt Swan
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Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Batman's Super Spending Spree

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Bill Finger
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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Pat Gordon ?
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Larry Verril; Vincent Verril
Batman announces he is going to spend a million dollars. When his purchases turn out to be busts, Superman secretly makes them profitable, against Batman's wishes.
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[Cover - World's Finest #100] The Dictator of Krypton City

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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Ira Schnapp
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent]
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The Dictator of Krypton City

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Bill Finger
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye
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Pat Gordon ?
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; several Kandorians; Lex Luthor (villain); Luthor's henchmen (villains); Brainiac (villain, cameo, flashback)
Luthor shrinks himself and tricks Superman into leaving him in the Fortress, where he enters Krypton City (Kandor) and takes over. When Superman follows, he loses his powers and Luthor is able to force the inhabitants to give him advanced weapons. Batman and Robin soon enter the city and rescue Superman, and, together, the trio defeats Luthor and his men.
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Lex Luthor refers to the inhabitants of Krypton City as Kryptonites.
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[Cover - World's Finest #101] Menace of the Atom Master!

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Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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Ira Schnapp
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Atom Master; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Menace of the Atom-Master

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Bill Finger
Dick Sprang
Sheldon Moldoff
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superhero
Superman and Batman
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane (cameo); Atom Master (villain, introduction)
The Atom-Master has developed the means to create giant illusions which begin to panic Metropolis and Gotham City, distracting Superman and Batman. Meanwhile, his men are able to steal enough to give him the funds to improve his machine so that he can create physical objects with his thoughts.
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Inker identification revised by Craig Delich 2010-08-31 to Sheldon Moldoff after reviewing credits given him originally by Dick Sprang, wherein he only claimed pencils, and information from Moldoff re: his inking of Sprang pencils. This volume lists Charles Paris as the inker.
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World's Finest Comics logos in gray outline are space-fillers in the bottom third of the last page in the last five stories. This space originally contained ads or promos for DC comics currently on sale.
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Contributors

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biography
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Brief biographies of Ray Burnley, Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton, Stan Kaye, Charles Paris, Dick Sprang, and Curt Swan.

Currently, artist Charles Paris is not believed to have contributed to the production of any of the work reprinted in this volume.
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DC Archive Editions

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DC Archives Edition emblem embossed in gold on the back cover.

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