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World's Finest Comics 88

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #88

Cover Date: May-June 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1957-03-19

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Superman and Batman's Greatest Foes!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsDick Sprang
InksStan Kaye
LetteringPat Gordon
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #228; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #21)
Batman (last in Detective Comics #243; next in Batman Vol. 1 #108)
Robin (last in Detective Comics #243; next in Batman Vol. 1 #108)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #228; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #21)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #228; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #21)

Villain(s):

Joker (in between Batman Vol. 1 #97 and #110)
Lex Luthor (last in Action Comics #228; next in Superman Vol. 1 #117/2)

Other Character(s):

Mechano-Men (first appearance; robots created by the Joker and Lex Luthor)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave
Wayne Manor
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

The Jokermobile appears.

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #15/3 (October 1965)
Batman from the 30s to the 70s (Crown Publishers) (1971)
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (Warner Books) (1989)
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1988 [February 1989])
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told ([August] 1989)
Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (Longmeadow Press) ([November] 1990)
World's Finest Comics Archives #2 (2001 [February 2002])
Superman / Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told ([May] 2007)
Showcase Presents: World's Finest #1 ([December] 2007)
Lex Luthor: A Celebration of 75 Years (2015 [February 2016])
Batman and Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([May] 2016)
Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([May] 2017)


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Second Story: "The Imprisoned Archer" (6 Pages)
Green Arrow

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (captured by criminals, has a disguised face under his mask; in between Adventure Comics #236/3 and #237/3)
Speedy (in between Adventure Comics #236/3 and #237/3)

Villain(s):

a trio of criminals (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Fremont (first appearance)
Star City (presumed)
Arrow Cave


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Third Story: "A Pistol for Tomahawk" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Ray
LetteringPat Gordon
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tomahawk (in between Tomahawk #48/3 and #49)

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Hunter (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

a Mohawk tribe (Chief Many Wampum named; first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Peter Potter (first appearance; a British pistol salesman)
Guthrie (first appearance; a trapper)

Location(s):

Concord, Massachusetts
Mohawk Valley region (presumed)

Comment(s):

This story takes place around April 1775, the start of the American Revolutionary War.


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