(December 1972-January 1973)

DC, 1941 Series
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Volume
32
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1972-10-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
Murray Boltinoff; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #89.

Saga of the Super Sons (Table of Contents)

Super Sons [1970s]; Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Nick Cardy (signed)
Inks
Nick Cardy (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese ?
Job Number
B-1549
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne] (picture); Batman Jr. [Bruce Wayne Jr.]; Superman [Clark Kent] (picture); Superman Jr. [Clark Kent Jr.]
Universe
DC : Earth-216
Reprints
Keywords
Imaginary Story
Cover Thumbnail for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #215
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Saga of the Super Sons! (Table of Contents: 1)

Super Sons [1970s]; Superman and Batman / comic story / 23.5 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
B-1474
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batman Jr. [Bruce Wayne Jr.] (first appearance); Alfred Pennyworth; Superman [Clark Kent]; Superman Jr. [Clark Kent Jr.] (first appearance); Clark Kent's wife (unnamed, first appearance); Bruce Wayne's wife (unnamed, first appearance); Rocco Krugge Sr. (crime boss, death); Rocco Krugge Sr. (crime boss, temporal duplicate, death); Rocco Krugge Jr.; Rocco Krugge Jr. (temporal duplicate); Marek; Marek (temporal duplicate); Augie Beck; Dr. Gavilan; Debbie;
Satan's Sockers [Big Alice; Crumbum; 3 others]
Universe
DC : Earth-216
Synopsis
Superman creates an alternate timeline where Superman Jr. and Batman Jr. can explore crimefighting without ramifications. In this timeline, the boys put an end to the mob boss of Sparta City, with some unexpected help.
Reprints
Keywords
Imaginary Story; Sparta City; temporal duplicates

Indexer Notes

Batman returns as featured co-star with this issue.

The wives of Superman and Batman appear in this story, but their identities are not made clear.

The Super-Sons appear in these issues: #216, 221-222, 224, 228, 230-231, 233, 238, making a final appearance in their own feature in #242. Their existence as computer simulations is first mentioned in The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #192 (November-December 1978), and their storyline is brought to a conclusion in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #263 (June-July 1980). They later appeared in Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (August 1999).

An unrelated pair of imaginary stories appeared in World's Finest Comics #154 (December 1965) and #157 (May 1966) featuring the "Sons of Superman and Batman". Another unrelated pair of imaginary stories featuring a different Superman Jr. and Batman Jr. appeared in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #391 (August 1970) - #392 (September 1970).

Cat on a Hot Typewriter (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Haney; Murray Boltinoff ?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
B-1560

Indexer Notes

Bob Haney discusses the new editorial direction headed by Murray Boltinoff and future plans for World's Finest.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Saga of the Super Sons
    Super Sons [1970s]; Superman and Batman
  2. 1. Saga of the Super Sons!
    Super Sons [1970s]; Superman and Batman
  3. 2. Cat on a Hot Typewriter
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  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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