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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October 2003
Cover Price $2.95/$4.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Eddie Berganza; Tom Palmer, Jr. (associate)

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Batman
Genre Superhero
Pencils Ed McGuinness
Inks Dexter Vines
Colors Dave Stewart

22 page Superman; Batman story "The World's Finest, Part 1 of 6"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam; Cameron Scott]; Starfire [Koriand'r; Kory Anders]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Power Girl [Karen Starr]; Doctor Christine Gherhard (of S.T.A.R. Labs); Jonathan Kent (origin flashback); Martha Kent (origin flashback); Thomas Wayne (origin flashback); Martha Wayne (origin flashback); Villains: Metallo [John Corben]; President Lex Luthor; Major Force [Clifford Zmeck]
Synopsis A new, improved Metallo attacks both Metropolis and Gotham, bringing the guardians of each city together for a monumental battle! Plus, Lex Luthor assembles a mysterious super-team assigned to "help" the Man of Steel. [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero
Script Jeph Loeb
Pencils Ed McGuinness
Inks Dexter Vines
Colors Dave Stewart
Letters Richard Starkings
Reprinted in Superman / Batman: Public Enemies (DC, 2004 series) #[nn]; in Superman / Batman: Public Enemies (DC, 2004 series) #[nn]; in Superman / Batman [Free Comic Book Day Edition] (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "DC in Demand"

Letters Typeset
Notes DC house ads for August 2003.