Dates
- Cover date
- October 2003
- On sale
- August 6, 2003
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (6)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct Sales - Batman Cover
Barcode 76194123523300111 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
Third Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 76194123523300113
This edition’s page - 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 76194123523300112
This edition’s page - Promotional EditionThis edition’s page
- Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07447030909310
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- The World's Finest [Part One of Six] · 22 pages
Superman attacks Metallo who is trashing S.T.A.R. Labs but is put down thanks to the Kryptonite in the villain's body. Superman follows Metallo to Gotham where both he and Batman confront the bad guy as he is looting a graveyard. Metallo shoots Supes with a Kryptonite bullet and, as Batman is trying to extract it from his chest, buries them both in an open grave. Meanwhile, President Luthor lets his troops know that an asteroid from the planet Krypton is hurling towards Earth.
Reprinted in
Superman / Batman: Public Enemies (2004), Superman / Batman [Free Comic Book Day Edition] (2006), Superman / Batman "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Day" Special Edition (2016), Superman Giant (2018), Superman / Batman (2003) 1 2025 Edition (2025)