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Issue Details

Issue	#87
Published	March-April 1957
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The Reversed Heroes!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Klein/Reed incorrectly list Sprang.
Reprinted	in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1

12 page Superman and Batman story "The Reversed Heroes"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Elton Craig; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis	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.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Ray Burnley
Reprinted	in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #223 (May-June 1974); in World's Finest Comics Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Special Brotherhood Week Quiz"

Genre	teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Ruben Moriera
Inks	Ruben Moriera
Letters	Ira Schnapp

6 page Green Arrow story "The Green Sword"

Synopsis	Green Arrow adopts a sword as his weapon and abandons his arrows.
Genre	superhero
Script	Dave Wood?
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Notes	Green Hat.

1 page Lionel and his Lions filler

Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

2 page text story "Secret Below the Sea"

Letters	typeset
Notes	statement of ownership on the bottom of this page

6 page Tomahawk story "The Retirement of Tomahawk"

Genre	western; period
Pencils	Nick Cardy (see note)
Inks	Nick Cardy (see note)
Notes	Pencils and inks credits from Kurt Mitchell (2/20/05) and confirmed by Pat Lang. Previous pencils and inks credit of Bob Brown (Craig Delich, 1/06/05).