World's Finest Comics #302 [Direct]
(April 1984)

DC, 1941 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-01-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Roger Slifer (credited) (editor); Tom Condon (credited) (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Hannigan (signed as HANNIGAN)
Inks
Klaus Janson (signed as Janson)
Colors
?

Job Number
C-615
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Batman
Reprints

The Superman-Batman Split! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates (credited)
Pencils
Neal Adams (credited)
Inks
Neal Adams ? (credited); Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Holloway ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Those mists are dissolving your clothes, Clark Kent!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Batman; Supergirl; Batgirl; Jimmy Olsen; Robin; Ronald Jason (actor, death); Dur [Ronald Jason]; Tiron [Ronald Jason]; Desmond Jason (Ronald's brother, scientist, death)
Synopsis
Ronald Jason, an actor who has only a few weeks of life after explosion of 'artificial radioactive element' created by his brother Desmond Ronald (who died because of the explosion) is trying to trick Superman (who takes Batgirl to his team) and Batman (who takes Supergirl to his team) against one another playing two aliens, Dur and Tiron.
Reprints
Keywords
Batcave; Batplane; Fortress of Solitude; Gotham City Park; green kryptonite; Kandor; Stanhope College

Indexer Notes

Giordano is credited as inker. This story consists of two parts: Part I (9 pages) and Part II: A Tale of 3 Teams (9 pages). Character list and synopsis from Tomo Jacobson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

No Rest for Heroes! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
David Anthony Kraft (credited)
Pencils
David Mazzucchelli (credited)
Inks
Rodin Rodriguez (credited)
Colors
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters
Duncan Andrews (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On a southern African plain - in the shadow of Mount Ossa —
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Batman; Justice League of America [Hawkman; Green Lantern; Green Arrow; Zatanna; Elongated Man; Wonder Woman; Red Tornado; Firestorm] (cameo); Outsiders [Halo; Black Lightning; Katana; Geo-Force] (cameo)
Synopsis
The story takes place after "World's Finest #300." Superman and Batman are deciding to go to sit and rest in Hatari Pub before going back to their cities and getting into small pub fight.
Reprints
Keywords
Batplane

Indexer Notes

Character list and synopsis from Tomo Jacobson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

From the World's Finest Comics Fans / letters page / 1.2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-1577

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Charles David Haskell, Kevin T. Brown, Donavon R. Ice Jr., Jason Mills, and P.B.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Star Trek / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman and Batman
  2. 1. The Superman-Batman Split!
    Superman and Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. No Rest for Heroes!
    Superman and Batman
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    From the World's Finest Comics Fans
  6. 5. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Star Trek
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David B
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jason Sacks
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore