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)