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Cover: Win Mortimer

World's Finest Comics #71

Jul 1954 · DC · 0.10 USD
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In "Batman - Double for Superman!", Lois Lane stumbles upon Superman's secret identity during a daring rescue mission involving Batman and Robin. With Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne swapping roles to keep the secret, the truth becomes a high-stakes game of deception and disguise. Written by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Curt Swan, with inks by Stan Kaye and lettering by Pat Gordon and Ira Schnapp, the issue features a striking cover by Win Mortimer.

Contains 4 stories
Batman - Double for Superman!
12 pp · Superhero
Shorty (villain)

In a twist of mistaken identity and masked heroics, Lois Lane stumbles upon Superman’s secret while Batman and Robin are in danger—prompting Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne to swap roles to keep the truth hidden. With Shorty lurking in the shadows, the double act of Clark as Superman and Bruce as Batman tests the limits of disguise, deception, and the unshakable bond between two of Earth’s mightiest protectors.

The Invisible Death!
5.67 pp · Superhero
Daniel Burrows (flashback, wealthy recluse, death)Bull's-Eye (villain, flashback, cameo)"Jungle" Joe Meredith (villain, flashback)Mousie (villain, flashback)Louie (villain, flashback)

Green Arrow gives a tour of his trophy room to TV crews, recounting the stories behind some of his most iconic arrows—each one tied to a past case. As he reveals the history of a particularly mysterious arrow, flashbacks surface of a wealthy recluse, Daniel Burrows, and a quartet of villains: Bull's-Eye, "Jungle" Joe Meredith, Mousie, and Louie, all linked to a crime that vanished into legend.

Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Jerry's girl friend
Feathered Fighters for Freedom!
6 pp · Historical, Western-Frontier
AndrewsThaddeus Steele (painter, bird lover)unnamed British Major (villain)un-named British Sergeant (villain)Andrews (villain, British soldier)

In "Feathered Fighters for Freedom!", Tomahawk and Dan race against time to deliver a British dispatch case—packed with secret campaign plans—to Fort Union, evading a pair of ruthless British officers and a traitorous British soldier. With the help of a painter and bird lover named Thaddeus Steele, they enlist an unlikely ally in the form of a flock of birds, turning feathers into a weapon of resistance.

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Raw (Good) $323
CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $2,797*
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $2,419
CGC 7.5 · 9 in census $2,229
CGC 7.0 · 5 in census $1,835
CGC 6.5 · 15 in census $1,835
CGC 6.0 · 14 in census $965
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CGC 5.5 · 8 in census $851
CGC 5.0 · 16 in census $738
CGC 4.5 · 13 in census $738
CGC 4.0 · 19 in census $629
CGC 3.5 · 20 in census $393
CGC 3.0 · 15 in census $393*
CGC 2.5 · 14 in census $393
CGC 2.0 · 3 in census $342*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $261*
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 4 in census $173*
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Cast · 14 characters

Full credits

artist Curt Swan
inker Stan Kaye
letterer Pat Gordon
letterer Ira Schnapp
cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

Reprints

Reprinted in The Adventures of Bob Hope #52 (1958), Superman Annual #1963 (1963), Supermán #508 (1965), World's Finest Comics #179 (1968), Superman #14/1969 (1969), World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (1999), Millennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 #[nn] (2000), Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] (2006), Showcase Presents: World's Finest #1 (2007), DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection #24 (2015), Batman and Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2016), Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age #1 (2017), Stålmannen #17/1954

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