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Issue Details

Issue #228
Published March 1975
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 100
Editing Murray Boltinoff; Paul Levitz (Assistant Editor)
Notes frequency 8x/yr

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Batman; Superman, Jr.; Batman, Jr.; Robin; Aquaman; Metamorpho; Eclipso; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]
Genre superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Notes frequency 8x/yr
Reprinted in Superman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons (DC, 2007 series) #nn

20 page Super Sons of Superman and Batman story "Crown for a New Batman"

Characters Robin; Batman, Jr.; Superman, Jr.; Superman; Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Simon Link; Malook
Synopsis When Batman appears to die, Robin and Batman, Jr. vie to replace him. A requirement of Bruce Wayne's will is that Bruce Wayne, Jr. has to accompany an old business partner of his father's to the arctic. There, he uncovers the duplicity of his father's business partner and that his father is still alive.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Dick Dillin
Inks Tex Blaisdell
Notes Batman's wife appears in the story, but her identity is not made clear. Feature bannered as "Superman & Batman and Their Sons Co-Starring Robin" on splash page. The story also has three separate chapter titles: Part 1 - Avenge Thy Father; Part 2 - The Riddle of Smoke Island; Part 3 - Tomb of Ice.
Reprinted in Superman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons (DC, 2007 series) #nn

12 page Vigilante, The story "The Broadway Posse!"

Characters The Vigilante; Stuff
Genre superhero
Script Dick Wood
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #193 (June 1954)

8 page Aquaman story "The Menace of the Land-Sea Beasts"

Characters Aquaman; Aqualad
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller [miscredited to Bob Haney]
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Notes story miscredited to Bob Haney
Reprinted from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #12 (November-December 1965)

24 page Metamorpho story "Junkyard of Doom"

Characters Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; Simon Stagg; Sapphire Stagg; Java; Maxwell Tremaine; Eddie Riggs (Race Car driver); Karko
Synopsis Karko captures Metamorpho and takes him to Maxwell Tremaine who wants to force Metamorpho to help him conquer the world.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Charles Paris
Notes This reprint is one page shorter than the original version.
Reprinted From Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #58 (February-March 1965)

2 page Superman and Batman filler "The Amazing Reversals of Superman and Batman"

Characters Superman; Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Script Bob Rozakis
Reprinted from ? [panels from past stories]

13 page Eclipso story "Hideout on Fear Island"

Characters Bruce Gordon; Eclipso; Pofessor Bennett; Mona Bennett; Dr. Zanor [Karl Kluge]
Synopsis Professor Bennett is accused of using a rapid-grow plant experiment by a small South-American country and destroying a village.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Reprinted from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #64 (January-February 1964)