Comic Title: Showcase Presents:World's Finest Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2007
On Sale Date: October 17, 2007 Direct Market Date October 17, 2007
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 552
Editor: Scott Nybakken

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Alien Superman"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted From:
World's Finest Comics #105 (1959)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #272; next appearance in Detective Comics #273)
• Superman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #265; next appearance in Superman #133)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #272; next appearance in Detective Comics #273)
• Perry White (last appearance in Action Comics #257; next appearance in Superman #133)

Villain(s)

• Khalex (an alien criminal; no further appearances)
• Midge Martin and his gang (no further appearances)
• An actor (disguised as the alien Superman; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Lex Luthor (in a photograph)
• Joker (in a photograph)

Synopsis:
While Batman and Robin stop some crooks in an armored vehicle, Superman stops a strange meteor which Batman then takes to the Bat-Cave. Later, Superman becomes weak and somehow spins himself into a cocoon. When he emerges his appearance has altered as have his powers. His memory has gone as well.

Batman takes him to the Daily Planet to try and restore his memory. It returns briefly allowing him to explain that the meteor was responsible for the change. Batman has to rush off with Robin to stop some crooks.

When he returns he takes the alien Superman to a cave. He believes that it is a phony, but it is the real Superman who has recently escaped a trap. The two heroes plan a trap of their own for the real crooks.

An alien criminal, Khalex is behind the hoax. He has super powers himself, but the meteor weakens him. When he gains powers he realizes that Batman must have destroyed the meteor. The alien and his Earth criminal friends begin a robbery spree only to be confronted by Batman and Superman. The alien loses his powers when the meteor is returned to Earth, allowing the heroes to catch him and his allies.