World's Finest Comics #81
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn World's Finest Comics #81, a time-traveling visitor from the future named Ka Thar arrives with a history book that gets the legendary deeds of Superman and Batman all wrong—so he drags the two heroes into a race against time to reenact their greatest moments. Written by Edmond Hamilton and illustrated by Dick Sprang, with inks by Stan Kaye and letters by Pat Gordon, this 1956 tale blends retro sci-fi charm with the dynamic duo’s enduring legacy, all wrapped in a cover by Win Mortimer.
In a twist of time and truth, Ka Thar arrives from the future with a history book that gets the details wrong—so he drags Superman and Batman into a series of challenges to "correct" the record. As the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight face off against a past they never lived, they must prove their legendary deeds were truly as the book claims.
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Reprinted in Min Melodi #2/1958 (1958), 80 Page Giant Magazine #15 (1965), World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (1999), Batman in the Fifties #[nn] (2002), Showcase Presents: World's Finest #1 (2007), 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), Batman in the Fifties #[nn] (2021), Stålmannen #6/1958, Supercomic #112
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