Issue Details

Issue	#142
Published	June 1964
Cover Price	0.12
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Origin of the Composite Superman!"

Characters	Composite Superman; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Reprinted	In Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #2

1 page public service announcement "Are You a Good Neighbor?"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff

18 page Superman and Batman story "The Composite Superman"

Characters	Composite Superman [Joe Meach](Intro); Legion of Super-heroes [Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Saturn Girl]; Commissioner James Gordon; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy Olsen; Fortress; Kandor; green kryptonite
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 (part 1); Sheldon Moldoff (part 2)
Notes	Klein/Reed say Moldoff inks, Delich/ Lang say Klein. Bob Hughes splits the difference. 2/05.
Reprinted	in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #223 (May-June 1974); in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #23 (February 1981); in Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #2

Half page Tricksy World's Greatest Stuntman filler "My new assistant is always eating!"

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Appears between chapters of the first story.

9 page Superman story "Flame Dragon From Krypton"

Characters	Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (cameo; as statue); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto (cameo); a Kryptonian Flame-Dragon (intro, villain); Fortress of Solitude; Superman robots; Lois Lane; Perry White; "Plates" Finnegan (villain); red kryptonite; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis	A Kryptonian Flame-Dragon makes it way to Earth. When it swallows a Red Kryptonite meteor Superman must stay away from the Flame-Dragon for fear the Red Kryptonite will effect him also.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Surprise Feature 1 page cut
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #142 (January 1961)