World's Finest Comics #166

(May 1967)

The Danger of the Deadly Duo! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Muto, the villain with the super-brain, is back to menace mankind...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman XX [Bron Wayn E7705] (introduction and origin); The Joker XX (introduction and death); Muto; Superman [Klar Ken T5477]; Superman VI (in flashback); Superman XV (in flashback); Batman VI (in flashback); Batman XV (in flashback); Batman the 19th (father of Bron, in flashback, death); Joker XIX (Joker XX's father, in flashback)

Synopsis

Years ago, Joker XIX killed Batman XIX and most of his family. Luckily, Batman's infant son, Bron Wayn E7705, was not present. When the Joker XX began his career, there was no Batman to stop him, so Superman became his arch-enemy. When he became an adult, Bron discovered his family secret at Wayn Manor on the asteroid Baltorr. He became the latest Batman, and vowed to find his family's killer. When Muto teams up with the Joker in 2967, Batman and Superman join forces to stop them.

Reprints

• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #102 (Circa February 1968)
• in Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #3/1969 ([mars] 1969)
• in Superman: Past and Future (DC, 2008 series) (2008 [February 2009])
• in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #3 ([May] 2010)

Keywords

2967; Baltorr; Daily Interplanetary News Service; Fortress of Solitude; Future Superman; Kaltarus; Ondo; Thorum; zarianite

Indexer Notes

Future Superman series continues from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #339.

The story erroneously refers to Superboy (not Superman) recently trapping Muto in his home dimension.

This story features Batman XX and Joker XX. However, in order for there to have been only twenty generations in 1,000 years, every Batman and Joker would have had a child at the average age of 50.

In this story, exposure to sea water weakens Superman like kryptonite, rather than paralyzing him. Superman moved his Fortress of Solitude from Earth's orbit into the center of the Sun. By the 30th century, the bottle-city of Kandor has been enlarged on another world.

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

Job Number

6497

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What are you doing with those model auto tires?

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 5 of the previous story sequence.

The Genius with Super Powers (Table of Contents: 3)

Editors' Round Table; Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Inks

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Roy Raymond; Karen

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #227 (January 1956)

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

Cape and Cowl Comments / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Pencils

Curt Swan ? (illustration)

Inks

George Klein (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Johnny West, Steven Schumer, B. V. Davenport, Mike Zola, Jerry Walker, Kelvin Ketchum, and Irene Vartanoff.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Super-Turtle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hmm -- I'll have my fortune read...

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Super-Turtle

Synopsis

Super-Turtle has his fortune read by Zaza the fortune teller, who warns him it will be dangerous for him to fly that day. When she asks to be paid $5 for the reading, he calls her a fake and flies off. She follows on her broom, demanding her $5.

Reprints

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #11/1968 (1. Juni 1968)

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

BEM Shows Up! (Table of Contents: 7)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.