Cover Credits |
Artist: Irving H. Novick |
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Comic Title: World's Finest Comics #181
Publisher: DC
(National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1968
On Sale Date:
October 22, 1968 Newsstand Date October 22, 1968
Source: House Ad, Bat Lash #2, Page 15
Copyright Date October 22, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968
Newsstand Date October 22, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #69
Newsstand Date October 22, 1968
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V23 #9
Frequency: Monthly, (with the exception of Jan., Apr., and July)
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger
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Title: "The Hunter and the Hunted"
Pages: 19
Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)
Batman (of Earth-1)
Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Ross Andru
Inker: Michael Esposito
Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:World's Finest Vol. 4 TPB (2013)
Feature Character(s)
- Superman (last appearance in Justice League of America #68; next appearance in Action Comics #370)
- Batman (last appearance in Justice League of America #68; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #81)
Supporting Character(s)
- Robin (last appearance in Batman #207; next appearance in Detective Comics #382)
- Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #381; next appearance in Batman #209)
- Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #88; next appearance in Action Comics #371)
- Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #116; next appearance in Superman #213)
- Perry White (last appearance in Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #88; next appearance in Superman #213)
Other Character(s)
- Kralc (a hunter from the future Bizarro World; no further appearances)
- Inhabitants of Orr (Yllas named; no further appearances)
- Zyr-2 (a dog; no further appearances)
- Inhabitants of Bizarro World (no further appearances)
Synopsis:
Superman receives a warning from the super-computer in his Fortress to leave the Earth for 24 hours. Before leaving he convinces Batman to do the same. Superman hides out on the distant world of Toron, while Batman travels back in time to 1896 where he gets a job as a circus performer. Despite the fact that the heroes heeded the computer's warning, a hunter from the oval planet Orr is able to track them down and take them to his home planet.
Superman and Batman are legends on Orr and hailed as the founders of that world. The inhabitants want to keep the heroes on their world forever. Superman eventually realizes that the planet is actually the future Bizarro World and they have been mistaken for Bizarro #1 and Bizarro-Batman. The heroes then begin acting like Bizarros which upsets the Orr inhabitants. Superman and Batman are kicked off the planet, which returns to its future time period. The square Bizarro World, which had been displaced in time while Orr was in the present, is restored.
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