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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published February 1981
Frequency four times a year
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 68
Editing Jack C. Harris
Notes Also labelled: DC Blue Ribbon Digest

Cover Details

Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Also labelled: DC Blue Ribbon Digest

9 page Superman & Batman story "The Composite Superman"

Characters Composite Superman [Joe Meach]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Batcave; Fortress of Solitude; Green Kryptonite; Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Sun Boy]
Synopsis A freak accident gives Joe Meach the powers of the entire Legion of Super-Heroes and he becomes the Composite Superman.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Notes Part 1
Reprinted from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #142 (May 1964)

9 page Superman & Batman story "The Battle between Titans"

Characters Composite Superman [Joe Meach]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Batcave; Green Kryptonite
Synopsis Composite Superman threatens to reveal Superman and Batman's identity if they don't retire.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Notes Part 2
Reprinted from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #142 (May 1964)

6 page Green Arrow story "The Menace of the Mechanical Octopus"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Arrow-Plane; Arrowcar
Synopsis Crooks are using a mechanical octopus to commit robberies.
Genre superhero
Script France Herron
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)
Colors Anthony Tollin
Reprinted from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #97 (October 1958)

9 page Aquaman story "The Day Aquaman Lost His Powers"

Genre superhero
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon
Colors Lynne Gelfer
Reprinted from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #137 (November 1963)

11 page Superman & Batman story "The Has-Been Superman"

Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Jerry Serpe
Notes Part 1
Reprinted from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #178 (September 1968)

4 page Superman & Batman story "Exit Superman -- Enter Nova"

Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Jerry Serpe
Notes Part 2
Reprinted from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #178 (September 1968)

9 page Superman & Batman story "Superman's Perfect Crime"

Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Jerry Serpe
Notes Part 1
Reprinted from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #180 (November 1968)

7 page Superman & Batman story "Socrates Seeks a Secret"

Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Jerry Serpe
Notes Part 2
Reprinted from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #180 (November 1968)