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World's Finest Comics #176

DC · Series began 1941 · June 1968

Dates

Cover date
June 1968
On sale
April 25, 1968
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Neal Adams, Joe Certa, Joe Kubertinks: Neal Adams, Joe Certa, George Klein, Joe Kubertletters: Gaspar Saladinoscript: Cary Batesediting: Jack Schiff

Stories

  • The Superman-Batman Split! · 9 pages

    Actor Jason Desmond's dying performance is an attempt to fool Superman and Batman into believing he is two aliens, one hunting the other. But his story rings false and Superman lets Batman in on the hoax, which ends up fooling Supergirl, Batgirl, Robin, and Jimmy Olsen anyway.

  • Part II: A Tale of 3 Teams · 9 pages
  • The Case of the Magic Baseball · 5.67 pages

    J'onn J'onzz captures Brad Devon and his men for blackmailing Bob Michaels, and helps Michaels win a baseball game on the way.

Reprinted in

Super-Team Family (1975), The Best of DC (1979), Batman (1989), Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (2003), Showcase Presents: Batgirl (2007), Superman / Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2007), Showcase Presents: World's Finest (2007), Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (2012), Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus (2016), DC Comics - The Legend of Batman (2017), Batman by Neal Adams (2018), Superman: The 85th Anniversary Collection (2023)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.