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Issue Details

Issue #221
Published January-February 1974
Cover Price 0.20
Pages 36
Editing Murray Boltinoff; E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Batman; Superman, Jr.; Batman, Jr.
Genre superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Reprinted in Superman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons (DC, 2007 series) #nn

20 page Super Sons of Superman and Batman story "Cry Not for My Forsaken Son!"

Characters Superman; Batman; Batman, Jr.; Superman, Jr.; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Danny Orr; Jack Orr; Mark King; Anne King (in flashback); Brazos
Synopsis The super-sons meet Danny Orr when he takes someone else's car for a joyride after he finds out his father is really his adopted father. When his newly-discovered father, Mark King, sends him to his Central American emerald mine, Danny, Superman, Jr., and Batman, Jr. discover the kind of man Mark King is.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Haney
Pencils Dick Dillin
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes The wives of Superman and Batman appear in this story, but their identities are not made clear. The story also has three separate chapter titles: Part I - Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth; Part 2 - Rendezvous on Massacre Island; Part 3 - Just an Ordinary Hero.
Reprinted in Superman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons (DC, 2007 series) #nn

1 page From the World's Finest Fans letters page

Letters typeset
Notes Includes a letter from Bob Rozakis

Half page Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World text article "Here Comes the Comics Man"

Letters typeset
Notes article about the DC Comicmobile- driving through neighborhoods like an ice cream truck and selling comic books.