World's Finest Comics, #143
Published: August 1964
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Issue Contents:
The Feud Between Batman and Superman!
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: George Klein
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).
Rx Against Accidents!
Storyline
Bob discovers the value of "looking before you leap" in preventing accidents.
Characters
- Mr. Joby
- Bob
- other boys
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover. Character and synopsis information on this sequence from Donald Dale Milne.
The Feud Between Batman and Superman! Part I
Storyline
When Batman is injured helping Superman he believes he is not helping Superman because he doesn't have any super powers. Superman takes him to Kandor where neither have super powers to get his confidence back.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Jimmy Olsen
- Ace the Bathound
- Than-Ar
- Jhan-Ar
- Metalloids
- Nor-Kann
- Nightwing [Superman]
- Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]
- Nighthound
Credits
- Script: Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: George Klein
- Letters: Joe Letterese
"Tootsie Rolls go on and on..."
"Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park..."
"Yum! Yum!"
[The Feud Between Batman and Superman!] Part II: The Manhunters from Earth!
Storyline
Batman battles the Metalloids in Kandor when Superman is captured.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Jimmy Olsen
- Metalloids
- Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]
- Nighthound
- Van Varo (Cameo)
- Tec-Aben (Cameo)
- Lars-Eden (Cameo)
- Brenn-Bir (Cameo)
- Ab-Zorna (Cameo)
- Jhan-Ar
- Than-Ar
Credits
- Script: Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: George Klein
- Letters: Joe Letterese
How's Trix?
"Worth shopping around for..."
Story Notes
On the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence.
The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team
Story Notes
On the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence.
"What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?"
Featuring Letters from Readers
Credits
- Script: E. Nelson Bridwell (uncertain)
- Script: Mort Weisinger (uncertain)
Story Notes
First letters page in this title with letters from Paul Gambaccini (active in comic fandom), Raymond Hix, James Zielinski, and Philip Matera.
"Use coupon below..."
"Tra la la - 'tis luck to catch a leprechaun!"
Characters
- L. C. Leprechaun
"You can have hours and hours of fun with Silly Putty"
The Case of the Vanishing Arrows!
Storyline
Green Arrow makes new arrows out of a green mineral that keep disappearing on him.
Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
- Speedy [Roy Harper]
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Script: Robert Bernstein
- Pencils: Lee Elias
- Inks: Lee Elias
- Letters: Joe Letterese
Story Notes
Surprise Feature Top tier of original page 5 removed.
"I like chocolate fudge best!"
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Story Notes
Inside back cover.
204 pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set
Story Notes
Back cover.