#153 ANGRY GRAN RUN SERIES#

Super-Sons stories alternated with tales of the original Superman and Batman through issue #263, with issues #215–216, 221–222, 224, 228, 230, 231, 233, 238, 242, and 263 featuring the sons. These characters, billed as the Super-Sons, were co-created by writer Bob Haney and artist Dick Dillin in issue #215 (January 1973).

#153 ANGRY GRAN RUN SERIES#

The series reverted to Superman and Batman team-ups after issue #214, initially with a unique twist, featuring the children they might one day have: Superman Jr. Metamorpho was the backup feature in issues #218–220 and #229 after the character had a brief run as the backup in Action Comics. Nick Cardy was the cover artist for World's Finest Comics for issues #212–228. Other characters to appear in the next two years included Robin, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, the Teen Titans, Doctor Fate, Hawkman, Green Arrow, the Martian Manhunter, the Atom, and the Vigilante. That issue featured the first part of a two-issue team-up with the Flash. The title briefly featured Superman teaming with heroes other than Batman in the early 1970s beginning with issue #198 (November 1970). Noted Batman artist Neal Adams first drew the character in an interior story in 'The Superman-Batman Revenge Squads' in issue #175 (May 1968). 1965) is the source of an Internet meme in which Batman slaps Robin. The story 'The Clash of Cape and Cowl', by writer Edmond Hamilton and artist Curt Swan, in World's Finest Comics #153 (Nov. A new supervillain, the Composite Superman, was introduced in #142 (June 1964). Lex Luthor and the Joker first joined forces in issue #88 (June 1957). The title often depicted Batman gaining superpowers as a way to avoid having him be overshadowed by Superman. When superheroes fell out of vogue in the early 1950s, DC shortened the size of the publication to that of the rest of its output, leaving only enough space for one story this led to Superman and Batman appearing in the same story together starting with World's Finest Comics #71 (July 1954). Comics historian Les Daniels noted that 'pairing Superman and Batman made sense financially, since the two were DC's most popular heroes'. The series was initially a 96-page quarterly anthology, featuring various DC characters – always including Superman and Batman – in separate stories. The year before there was a similar 1939 New York World's Fair Comics featuring Superman but without Batman and Robin because Bill Finger and Bob Kane had not yet created them. The idea for World's Best #1 originated from the identically formatted 1940 New York World's Fair Comics featuring Superman, Batman, and Robin with 96 pages and a cardboard cover.

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