World's Finest Comics

For other uses, see World's Finest (disambiguation).

World's Finest Comics
Cover of World's Best Comics #1 (Spring 1941)
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Quarterly #1–20 Bimonthly #21–95 and #244– 269 Monthly #96–243 and #270–323
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	Spring 1941 – January 1986
Number of issues	323
Main character(s)	Superman Batman Robin
Creative team
Writer(s)	List Mike W. Barr, Joey Cavalieri, Gerry Conway, Leo Dorfman, Mike Friedrich, Bob Haney, David Anthony Kraft, Elliot S. Maggin, Dennis O'Neil, Alvin Schwartz, Steve Skeates, Roy Thomas, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman
Penciller(s)	List Neal Adams, Sal Amendola, Ross Andru, Rich Buckler, José Delbo, Dick Dillin, George Pérez, Curt Swan, Mark Texeira, George Tuska, Stan Woch
Inker(s)	List Alfredo Alcala, Murphy Anderson, Vince Colletta, Joe Giella, Stan Kaye, Frank McLaughlin
Collected editions
World's Finest Archives Volume 1	ISBN 1-56389-488-2
World's Finest Archives Volume 2	ISBN 1-56389-743-1
World's Finest Archives Volume 3	ISBN 1-4012-0411-2

World's Finest Comics was an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled World's Best Comics for its first issue; issue #2 (Summer 1941) switched to the more familiar name. Most likely the reason for the title change was that DC received a cease and desist letter from Better Publications, Inc., who had been publishing a comic book entitled Best Comics since November 1939.^[1] Virtually every issue featured DC's two leading superheroes, Superman and Batman, with the earliest issues also featuring Batman's sidekick, Robin.

Publication history

The idea for World's Best #1 originated from the identically formatted 1940 New York World's Fair Comics featuring Superman, Batman, and Robin with 96 pages and a cardboard cover.^[2] The year before there was a similar 1939 New York World's Fair Comics featuring Superman but without Batman and Robin because Bill Finger and Bob Kane had not yet created them.

The series was initially a 96-page quarterly anthology, featuring various DC characters - always including Superman and Batman - in separate stories.^[3] Comics historian Les Daniels noted that "Pairing Superman and Batman made sense financially, since the two were DC's most popular heroes."^[4] When superheroes fell out of vogue in the early 1950s, DC shortened the size of the publication to that of the rest of its output, leaving only enough space for one story; this led to Superman and Batman appearing in the same story together starting with World's Finest Comics #71 (July 1954).^[5] The title often depicted Batman gaining superpowers as a way to avoid having him be overshadowed by Superman.^[6] Lex Luthor and the Joker first joined forces in issue #88 (June 1957).^[7] A new super-villain, the Composite Superman was introduced in #142 (June 1964).^[8] Noted Batman artist Neal Adams first drew the character in an interior story in "The Superman-Batman Revenge Squads" in issue #175 (May 1968).^[9]

The title briefly featured Superman teaming with heroes other than Batman in the early 1970s beginning with issue #198 (November 1970).^[10] That issue featured the first part of a two-issue team-up with the Flash.^[11]^[12] Other characters to appear in the next two years included Robin,^[13] Green Lantern,^[14] Aquaman,^[15] Wonder Woman,^[16] the Teen Titans,^[17] Doctor Fate,^[18] Hawkman,^[19] Green Arrow,^[20] the Martian Manhunter,^[21] the Atom,^[22] and the Vigilante.^[23] Nick Cardy was the cover artist for World's Finest Comics for issues #212-228.^[24] Metamorpho was the backup feature in issues #218-220 and #229 after the character had a brief run as the backup in Action Comics.^[25]

The series reverted to Superman and Batman team-ups after issue #214, initially with a unique twist, featuring the children they might one day have, Superman Jr. and Batman Jr. These characters, billed as the Super-Sons, were co-created by writer Bob Haney and artist Dick Dillin in issue #215 (January 1973).^[26] Super-Sons stories alternated with tales of the original Superman and Batman through issue #263, with issues #215-216, 221-222, 224, 228, 230, 231, 233, 238, 242, and 263 featuring the sons.^[27] Haney frequently disregarded continuity by scripting stories which contradicted DC's canon or by writing major heroes in an out-of-character fashion.^[28] He introduced Batman's older brother, Thomas Wayne Jr., in World's Finest Comics #223 (May–June 1974). This story was used a basis for a plot detail in the "Court of Owls" story arc in 2012.^[29] Issues #223 (May–June 1974) to #228 (March–April 1975) of the series were in the 100 Page Super Spectacular format.^[30]

With issue #244 (April–May 1977), World's Finest Comics became one of the first 80-page Dollar Comics.^[31] It featured the Superman and Batman team with back-up features. The number of pages was reduced from 80 to 64 starting with issue #252 (August–September 1978) and reduced to 48 pages with issue #266 (December 1980–January 1981) which lasted until issue #282 (August 1982).

1st Feature	2nd Feature	3rd Feature	4th Feature
Green Arrow^[32] #244-259, 261-270, 272-284	Vigilante #244-248	Wonder Woman of Earth-Two #244-250	Black Canary^[32] #244-256
Atom #260	Creeper #249-255	Wonder Woman #251-252	Black Lightning #257-261
	Hawkman #256-259, 261-262, 264-270, 272-277, 279-282	Shazam! #253-270, 272-282	Aquaman #262-264
	Adam Strange #263		Red Tornado #265-270, 272
			Plastic Man #273
			Zatanna #274-278
			no fourth backup feature #260, 279-282

Issue #250 (April–May 1978) combined Superman and Batman with Green Arrow, the Black Canary, and Wonder Woman into the World's Finest Team in a 56-page story.^[33] Writer Roy Thomas wrote a book-length story for issue #271 (September 1981) which pieced together all the "first meetings" of Superman and Batman.^[34] This issue did not have any backup features. The Hawkman story "Drive Me To The Moon!" in #272 (October 1981) featured Hawkgirl changing her title to Hawkwoman.^[35] As of issue #283 (September 1982), the series reverted to a standard format title again featuring only Superman and Batman team-ups, which continued until the series' cancellation with issue #323 (January 1986). The series reached issue #300 in February 1984. This double-sized anniversary issue was a "jam" featuring a story by writers David Anthony Kraft, Mike W. Barr, and Marv Wolfman with art by Ross Andru, Mark Texeira, Sal Amendola, and George Pérez.^[36]^[37] David Mazzucchelli, the artist of the "Batman: Year One" storyarc in 1987, first drew Batman in a backup story in World's Finest Comics #302 (April 1984).^[38] Issue #314 (April 1985) was the last pre-Crisis and first Crisis on Infinite Earths appearances of the Monitor and (Lyla) Harbinger.^[39] The series ended with issue #323 (January 1986) by writer Joey Cavalieri and artist José Delbo.^[40]

Titles

A number of World's Finest titles have since appeared:

A three-issue 1990 mini-series by Dave Gibbons, Steve Rude and Karl Kesel.^[41] In the series, Superman and Batman battle their arch-enemies Lex Luthor and the Joker, and for that, they temporary exchange their places in their home cities, thus, Superman goes to Gotham City, and Batman goes to Metropolis.
A three-issue Legends of the World's Finest mini-series in 1994 by Walt Simonson and Dan Brereton.
A two-issue Superboy/Robin: World's Finest Three in 1996.
Elseworld's Finest - a two-issue mini-series that reimagines Superman and Batman in a 1920s style pulp adventure.
World's Finest: Parts I-III (also known as The Batman/Superman Movie) and Batman/Superman Adventures: World's Finest, a 1997 three-part episode of Superman: The Animated Series and its comics adaptation, respectively.
Elseworld's Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl one-shot in 1998.
Superman and Batman: World's Funnest, featuring Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite.
A ten-issue mini-series in 1999 written by Karl Kesel^[42] and illustrated by Dave Taylor. This series explored the Post-Crisis history of the two with each of the ten issues taking place one year after the other.
William Morrow and Company released a World's Finest novel in 2009, titled Enemies and Allies by novelist Kevin J. Anderson. The story is about the first meeting between The Dark Knight and The Man of Steel during the Cold War.^[43]
A four-issue World's Finest limited series written by Sterling Gates was published in late 2009 and early 2010. In the series, Superman has relocated to New Krypton and Batman (Bruce Wayne) is presumed dead. Thus, it falls to various members of the Superman and Batman families to battle a threat posed by the Toyboy, Mr. Freeze, the Penguin and the Kryptonite Man. Protagonists include Superman Family members Nightwing (Chris Kent), the Guardian and Supergirl, along with Batman Family members Red Robin (Tim Drake), Robin (Damian Wayne), Oracle and Batgirl (Stephanie Brown). Superman and Batman (Dick Grayson) appear in the final issue.
While not released under the name World's Finest, the series Superman/Batman fulfilled much the same function as its predecessor. It was published from 2003 to 2011.
A new monthly team-up series titled Batman/Superman was launched in 2013.^[44]
In January 2012, DC announced a new ongoing series with a similar name but a differently-placed apostrophe, Worlds' Finest, beginning in May. It starred Power Girl and the Huntress.^[45]^[46] In this incarnation, the two are natives of Earth-2, where they used the codenames Supergirl and Robin, respectively.^[47] with issue number 29 the series began to feature the Superman and Batman of Earth 2 as the main characters.
Batwoman: World's Finest - In October 2012, the third storyline of the title Batwoman found Batwoman fighting alongside Wonder Woman in a five-issue story arc.

Collected editions

Title	Volume	Material collected	Publication date	ISBN
World's Finest Archives	1	World's Finest Comics #71–85 and Superman #76	March 1999	978-1563894886^[48]
	2	World's Finest Comics #86–101	January 2002	978-1563897436^[49]
	3	World's Finest Comics #102–116	September 2005	978-1401204112^[50]
Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives	1	Batman stories from World's Finest Comics #1–16 and New York World's Fair Comics #2	October 2002	978-1563898198^[51]
Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives	2	Batman stories from World's Finest Comics #17–32	January 2005	978-1401201630^[52]
Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives	1	Superman stories from World's Finest Comics #1–16 and New York World's Fair Comics #1-2	September 2004	978-1401201517^[53]
Superman: The World's Finest Comics Archives	2	Superman stories from World's Finest Comics #17-32	November 2009	978-1401224707^[54]
Showcase Presents: World's Finest	1	World's Finest Comics #71–111 and Superman #76	October 2007	978-1401216979^[55]
	2	World's Finest Comics #112–145	October 2008	978-1401219819^[56]
	3	World's Finest Comics #146-60, #162-69, #171–73	March 2010	978-1401225858^[57]
	4	World's Finest Comics #174-178, #180-187, #189-196, #198-202	November 2012	978-1401237363^[58]
Showcase Presents: Green Arrow	1	Green Arrow stories from World's Finest Comics #95-140	January 2006	978-1401207854^[59]
Showcase Presents: Aquaman	2	Aquaman stories from World's Finest Comics #130-133, 135, 137, and 139	January 2008	978-1401217129^[60]
Superman vs. The Flash	1	Superman #199, The Flash #175, World's Finest Comics #198–199, and DC Comics Presents #1-2,	May 2005	978-1401204563^[61]
Superman/Batman: Saga of the Super Sons	1	Super Sons stories from World's Finest Comics #215–216, 221–222, 224, 228, 230-231, 233, 238, 242, 263 and Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1	December 2007	978-1401215026^[62]
The Creeper by Steve Ditko	1	Creeper stories from World's Finest Comics #249-255	April 2010	978-1401225919^[63]

In other media

In 2002, The Batman Superman Movie was released on DVD. This was the three episodes from "The World's Finest" story arc of Season 2 of Superman: The Animated Series (1997) combined into a feature length film.
In 2004, a fan trailer for a World's Finest movie was released.
In the 2009 direct-to-video animated film Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (an adaptation of "The World's Finest", the opening story arc of Superman/Batman), the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight team up to prevent a meteoroid from striking Earth and to take down Lex Luthor, who has been elected President of the United States and has framed Superman for murder.^[64] DCAU cast members Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Clancy Brown and C. C. H. Pounder reprised their respective roles as Batman, Superman, Luthor and Amanda Waller. Additionally, Allison Mack (Chloe Sullivan from the television series Smallville) voiced the role of Power Girl.
In 2010, a sequel was released titled Superman/Batman: Apocalypse which is an adaptation of Jeph Loeb and Michael Turner's second story arc, "The Supergirl from Krypton".^[65] DCAU cast members Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Susan Eisenberg, and Edward Asner reprised their respective roles as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Granny Goodness. Additionally, Summer Glau voiced the role of Supergirl and Andre Braugher portrayed Darkseid.
At the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con, Zack Snyder, director of Man of Steel, confirmed the sequel for Man of Steel, officially titled Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice; the movie released March 25, 2016. The film stars Henry Cavill reprising his role as Clark Kent/Superman and many of the first film's cast returned. Ben Affleck joins the cast as Bruce Wayne/Batman.
A Supergirl episode titled "Worlds Finest" features the team-up of Supergirl and the Flash.^[66]

References

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↑ Daniels, Les (1995). DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes. New York, New York: Bulfinch Press. p. 57. ISBN 0821220764.
↑ Irvine, Alex "1950s" in Dolan, p. 73: "Although the covers of World's Finest Comics had teased co-appearances of Batman and Superman for years, the first joint adventure of the two in the comic occurred in issue #71...written by Alvin Schwartz, pencilled by Curt Swan, and inked by Stan Kaye."
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↑ Forbeck, Matt "1960s" in Dougall, p. 84: "In this tale from Edmond Hamilton and Curt Swan, an angry janitor received the powers of the entire Legion of Super-Heroes."
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↑ Friedrich, Mike (w), Dillin, Dick (p), Giella, Joe (i). "Meet the Tempter.... and Die!" World's Finest Comics 209 (February 1972)
↑ Maggin, Elliot S! (w), Dillin, Dick (p), Giella, Joe (i). "World of Faceless Slaves!" World's Finest Comics 210 (March 1972)
↑ O'Neil, Dennis (w), Dillin, Dick (p), Giella, Joe (i). "...And So My World Begins!" World's Finest Comics 212 (June 1972)
↑ Maggin, Elliot S! (w), Dillin, Dick (p), Giella, Joe (i). "Peril in a Very Small Place!" World's Finest Comics 213 (August–September 1972)
↑ Skeates, Steve and O'Neil, Dennis (w), Dillin, Dick (p), Giella, Joe (i). "A Beast Stalks the Badlands" World's Finest Comics 214 (October–November 1972)
↑ Coates, John (1999). "Art Index". The Art of Nick Cardy. Coates Publishing. pp. 172–173. ISBN 1-887591-22-2.
↑ Stroud, Bryan (May 2013). "Metamorpho in Action Comics". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (64): 22–27.
↑ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 157: "Scribe Bob Haney and artist Dick Dillin introduced the DC Universe to an alternate timeline starring the World's Finest offspring in January's World's Finest Comics #215."
↑ Super-Sons at the Grand Comics Database
↑ Eury, Michael (August 2013). "The Batman of Earth-B: The Caped Crusader's Bravest and Boldest Writer, Bob Haney". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (66): 2–5.
↑ Manning "1970s" in Dougall, p. 116: "It was revealed that Bruce Wayne had an older brother in this mostly forgotten piece of Batman lore that inspired the recent 'Court of Owls' storyline."
↑ Eury, Michael (July 2015). "A Look at DC's Super Specs". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (81): 29–30.
↑ Romero, Max (July 2012). "I'll Buy That For a Dollar! DC Comics' Dollar Comics". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (57): 39–41.
1 2 Kingman, Jim (May 2013). "The Ballad of Ollie and Dinah". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (64): 10–21.
↑ Conway, Gerry (w), Tuska, George (p), Colletta, Vince (i). "The Reality War!/Collision With Destiny/The Ravager of Time" World's Finest Comics 250 (April–May 1978)
↑ Thomas, Roy (w), Buckler, Rich (p), McLaughlin, Frank (i). "The Secret Origins of the Superman and Batman Team!" World's Finest Comics 271 (September 1981)
↑ Rozakis, Bob (w), Saviuk, Alex (p), Rodriguez, Rodin (i). "Drive Me to the Moon!" World's Finest Comics 272 (October 1981)
↑ Manning, Matthew K. "1980s" in Dolan, p. 206: "In the tradition of DC's anniversary editions, World's Finest Comics #300 was an extra-length issue contributed to by a variety of comic book talent. Written by David Anthony Kraft, Mike W. Barr, and Marv Wolfman, and illustrated by Ross Andru, Mark Texeira, Sal Amendola, and George Pérez."
↑ Wiggins, Randall C. (December 2013). "World's Finest Comics #300: An Epic in the Making". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (69): 64–67.
↑ Manning "1980s" in Dougall, p. 150: "A rare early example of Mazzucchelli's Batman before his ground-breaking 'Batman: Year One' story in February 1987, this tale featured Superman and Batman doing something quite out of the ordinary for the duo: having a drink at a local bar."
↑ Cavalieri, Joey (w), Woch, Stan (p), Alcala, Alfredo (i). "Gotham Bridge Is Falling Down!" World's Finest Comics 314 (April 1985)
↑ Manning "1980s" in Dougall, p. 160: "Writer Joey Cavalieri and penciller José Delbo saw the heroes off in style as they faced the new menace of the mystical villain Nightwolf."
↑ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 246: "Writer Dave Gibbons and artist Steve Rude presented a three-issue miniseries...that proved the World's Finest team of Superman and Batman was still relevant."
↑ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 289: ""Batman and Superman reunited in April [1999] in the ten-issue limited series World's Finest...The series was written by Karl Kesel."
↑ Anderson, Kevin J. (2009). Enemies & Allies: A Novel. New York, New York: William Morrow and Company. p. 336. ISBN 0061662550.
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External links

World's Finest Online official website
World's Finest Comics at the Grand Comics Database
Batman and Superman: World's Finest at the Grand Comics Database
World's Finest Comics at the Comic Book DB
Batman And Superman: World's Finest at the Comic Book DB
World's Finest Comics at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
Batman and Superman: World's Finest at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Batman publications and storylines

Current series	Batgirl Batman Batman Beyond Detective Comics Nightwing Gotham Academy Harley Quinn Robin: Son of Batman Red Hood and the Outlaws Batgirl and the Birds of Prey

Completed ongoing series	Azrael Batman: Arkham Unhinged Batman: The Dark Knight Batman: Gotham Knights Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Batman: Shadow of the Bat Batman: Streets of Gotham The Batman Adventures Batman and Robin Batman and The Outsiders The Batman Chronicles Batman Confidential Batman Family Batman Incorporated Batman/Superman Batwoman Batwing Birds of Prey The Brave and the Bold Catwoman Gotham by Midnight Gotham Central Gotham City Sirens The Huntress The Joker Man-Bat Red Hood/Arsenal Red Robin Robin Robin: Son of Batman Superman/Batman We Are... Robin World's Finest Comics

Completed limited series	Anarky Batgirl: Year One Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity Batman: Arkham City Batman: Battle for the Cowl Batman: Cacophony Batman: The Cult Bat-Mite The Dark Knight Returns The Dark Knight Strikes Again The Dark Knight III: The Master Race Batman: Dark Victory Batman Eternal Batman: Gates of Gotham Batman: GCPD Batman: Gotham County Line Batman: The Long Halloween Batman: Nosferatu Batman: Orpheus Rising Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Batman: Turning Points Batman: The Widening Gyre Batman: Year 100 Batman and the Mad Monk Batman and the Monster Men Batman and Robin Eternal Batman Black and White First Wave Gotham Underground Man-Bat Robin: Year One Section 8 Superman & Batman: Generations Trinity The Untold Legend of the Batman

One-shots	Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth The 12 Cent Adventure Castle of the Bat Dark Knight Dynasty Digital Justice Earth One Holy Terror In Darkest Knight The Killing Joke Knight Gallery Death of Innocents The Man Who Laughs Nine Lives Noël Son of the Demon Two Faces Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop The Batman Adventures: Mad Love Batman & Dracula trilogy Leatherwing The Berlin Batman Gotham by Gaslight Joker

Storylines	"The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" "Dark Moon Rising" "The Man Behind the Red Hood!" "Joker's Millions" "Year One" "Year Two" "A Death in the Family" "Year Three" "The Man Who Falls" "Anarky in Gotham City" "Gothic" "The Return of the Joker" "Prey" "The Last Arkham" "Knightfall" "Contagion" "Legacy" "Cataclysm" "No Man's Land" "Joker's Last Laugh" "Bruce Wayne: Fugitive" "Hush" "Broken City" "As the Crow Flies" "War Games" "Under the Hood" "War Crimes" "Face the Face" "Batman and Son" "The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul" "Batman R.I.P." "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" "Batwoman: Elegy" "Bruce Wayne: The Road Home" "Night of the Owls" "Death of the Family" "Zero Year" "Endgame" "Robin War"

Inter-company crossovers	Batman/Aliens Batman/Hellboy/Starman Batman/Daredevil: King of New York Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham Batman & Spider-Man: New Age Dawning Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Cat-woman Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Batman/The Spirit Batman versus Predator Daredevil/Batman: Eye for an Eye Spawn/Batman Batman-Spawn: War Devil Superman and Batman versus Aliens and Predator Spider-Man and Batman: Disordered Minds

Incomplete	All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder

Related topics	Batman: Anarky Batman: Child of Dreams Batman: Haunted Knight The Batman Chronicles Batman Legends Elseworlds

Publications are listed alphabetically by published titles. Storylines are listed in publication order. Compiled without respect for canon or "current" continuity.

Superman publications and storylines

Current series	Action Comics Superman

Former series	Adventure Comics Batman/Superman DC Comics Presents Superboy Superboy and the Ravers Supergirl Superman (vol. 2) Superman/Batman Superman Confidential The Superman Family Superman: The Man of Steel Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Superman/Wonder Woman Trinity World's Finest Comics

Limited series & One-shots	Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame The Kents Lex Luthor: Man of Steel Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography Birthright The Man of Steel Superman and Wonder Woman – the Hidden Killer Superman for All Seasons Superman/Shazam: First Thunder Superman Unchained Superman vs. Muhammad Ali Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton Superman: Secret Origin Superman: World of New Krypton Superman: The Wedding Album Superman: War of the Supermen

Outside continuity	All-Star Superman "The K-Metal from Krypton" "The Sandman Saga" Son of Superman Superboy: The Comic Book Superboy's Legion Superman Adventures Superman: At Earth's End Superman: Earth One Superman: The Last Family of Krypton Superman: The Feral Man of Steel Superman: Last Son of Earth Superman: Last Stand on Krypton Superman's Metropolis The Superman Monster Superman: Red Son Superman: Secret Identity Superman: Speeding Bullets Superman: The Dark Side Superman: True Brit Superman: War of the Worlds Superman & Batman: Generations Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? Whom Gods Destroy

Crossovers	Superman/Aliens Superman & Bugs Bunny Superman and Batman versus Aliens and Predator Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man Superman and Spider-Man Superman/Fantastic Four Superman vs. Predator Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle Superman vs. The Terminator: Death to the Future

Storylines	"For the Man Who Has Everything" "The Greatest Hero of Them All" "The Death of Superman" "Worlds Collide" "The Trial of Superman" "Superman Red/Superman Blue" "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?" "For Tomorrow" "Up, Up and Away!" "Last Son" "Kryptonite" "Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" "The Third Kryptonian" "The Coming of Atlas" "Brainiac" "New Krypton" "World of New Krypton" "World Without Superman" "Last Stand of New Krypton" War of the Supermen "Grounded" "Reign of Doomsday" "H'El on Earth" "Superman: Doomed"

Other	The Superman Chronicles Superman (comic strip) Novels

Superman / Batman crossover media

Comic books	World's Finest Comics Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity Superman/Batman Superman and Batman versus Aliens and Predator

Television	The Batman/Superman Hour The Superman/Batman Adventures The New Batman/Superman Adventures

Books	Enemies & Allies

Film	Superman/Batman: Public Enemies Superman/Batman: Apocalypse Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Video game	Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

The Dark Knight Universe	The Dark Knight Returns film The Dark Knight Strikes Again The Dark Knight III: The Master Race

Fan films and parodies	World's Finest HISHE: Super Cafe

Miscellanea	Composite Superman Hiro Okamura

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